- Apr 18, 2020
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What are the best tool to monitor a subreddit?
IFTTT was good back in the days but their interface is shit now.
IFTTT was good back in the days but their interface is shit now.
I don't mind paying. The only problem I have with IFTTT is the delay.I use IFTTT to monitor subreddits and it works well for me - I get emails whenever there's a new post that uses a specific keyword. What I think makes IFTTT so useful is that it has a lot of options you can configure using the Reddit search interface. Yes, I know you only get 5 applets for free per account, but you can set up multiple accounts and use email redirects to collect all the alerts in one place.
Yes, if latency is an issue then IFTTT is going to slow you down, but the Pro and Pro+ plans are supposed to be faster. I couldn't find any definitive information about the latency - just vague "around 15 minutes" but it depends on the applet. I suppose if you want something faster you'll need your own script with a rapidly ticking cron job.I don't mind paying. The only problem I have with IFTTT is the delay.
I'm trying to trigger an external webhook after top posts in reddit but I can't just wait here 1 hour, wait for the trigger to (maybe) happens and fox things then. It will make the setup last days.