feedback

https://www.reddit.com/r/sneakpeekbot/comments/5maty0/feedback/

created by sneakpeekbot on 06/01/2017 at 02:12 UTC*

47 upvotes, 56 top-level comments (showing 25)

Hello! Here's a page to post all of your feedback about sneakpeekbot!

edit[1]:

1: http://i.imgur.com/bxTTp5s.png

Addressing some feedback:

Subscriber count in comment - I think it would be a good addition but the only place where I can insert that number is inside the bold "header" and I would like to keep the comment as small as possible to avoid any extra complaints of spam

You got the wrong sub! - In all of the cases I've seen, the mishap occurs because the original commenter edits their comment to fix what was likely a typo

Why isn't this opt-in? - The initial plan was to be opt-out for some period of time and then switch to opt-in but that plan has since changed because often times the person commenting the subreddit isn't interested in seeing the sneak peek but it does add value and benefit other people who come in to the thread later on. So it wouldn't work very well as a summon-bot in my opinion.

Message to delete a certain reply, message to blacklist, etc.: These are all planned. I just need to find a way to monitor the reddit inbox without dropping the new comments scan

Comments

Comment by raperone at 10/01/2017 at 23:03 UTC

63 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Best bot ever

Comment by saigonelly2 at 18/01/2017 at 11:43 UTC

57 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Instead of requiring people to opt out, you should make people opt in by choice. Otherwise you're just spamming everywhere.

Comment by [deleted] at 11/01/2017 at 00:29 UTC

68 upvotes, 2 direct replies

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Comment by ChrisRunsTheWorld at 14/01/2017 at 17:26 UTC

32 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I <3 you u/sneakpeekbot.

Comment by elcielo17 at 30/01/2017 at 05:51 UTC

25 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I love this bot. I've found a couple good subreddits from you that I wouldn't have clicked on without the top posts. Your creator did a great job

Comment by FriendlyBaron at 07/02/2017 at 09:49 UTC

24 upvotes, 2 direct replies

I think this bot is pretty neat, the hate you get is undeserved! I think a good medium of asking for permission to post would be, if the bot is going to post in a subreddit for the first time, it instead sends a modmail to that subreddit asking for permission. A reply of (for example) 'deny' and it will blacklist the sub. An 'accept' or no reply after 24-48 hours, then it starts posting. They can reply to the modmail in the future to change it.

Comment by [deleted] at 27/01/2017 at 18:20 UTC

19 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by [deleted] at 10/01/2017 at 11:46 UTC

20 upvotes, 1 direct replies

How about a remove/delete option?

Comment by RaoulDuke209 at 28/01/2017 at 18:39 UTC

18 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Hey I've never seen this guy until today and he supported my post perfectly. Thanks bot.

Comment by [deleted] at 14/01/2017 at 20:51 UTC

14 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Is there a blacklist for this shit yet.

Comment by [deleted] at 21/01/2017 at 20:59 UTC

17 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Thank you SO MUCH for making this bot (never thought I'd say that about a bot). That's my feedback.

Comment by [deleted] at 01/02/2017 at 19:34 UTC

12 upvotes, 2 direct replies

I'm banning your bot. Ask permission next time.

Comment by datlock at 04/02/2017 at 17:35 UTC

14 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Man, a lot of negative feedback here. Meanwhile I just came here to say I love this bot. First thing I do in new subs is check out their top submissions so this bot works great for me.

Comment by [deleted] at 31/01/2017 at 06:38 UTC

13 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by carebcito at 17/02/2017 at 17:35 UTC

11 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Regardless of my thoughts about this bot the owner is legendary. I highly respect your cool responses and your ability to roll.

Comment by pileofmoney at 22/01/2017 at 18:49 UTC

16 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This is the most annoying, useless bot I've ever seen.

Comment by Rapua at 09/01/2017 at 14:47 UTC*

8 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Put a link to this subreddit in the bot's comment.

EDIT: Also set a way for a user to blacklist himself with a PM. A link to the PM template could be put in bot's comments.

However this would flood the inbox, which is bad because you are using it for feedback. The subreddit idea above could solve that problem

Comment by oorza at 11/04/2017 at 03:37 UTC

6 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Do you actually track how many people use your spam? Bots like this add a ton of visual noise to reddit, and are pretty unpopular. Do you have any data that suggests that people actually appreciate this bot? It's annoying as hell and the feedback in this subreddit seems to bear that out. At best, you save a small percentage of people exactly two clicks and you spam people's inboxes and threads.

I would be interested in trying to understand your thought process in creating this and releasing it into the wild and thinking that it's a net positive for the site. And based on how you promised opt-in and then said you're not really interested in maintaining the bot, why not just take it offline? If you are providing a service to anyone (which is not something I'm willing to admit), you're paying for it by annoying the bejesus out of how many other people?

So what are you thinking that this is a good idea? Or do you just not care? You made it and it's on reddit and fuck anyone who has a problem with it?

The fact that you're hiding your real account behind the bot speaks a lot for what you really think about its quality and purpose too.

Comment by NotNotLitotes at 10/05/2017 at 06:11 UTC

8 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This bot is no better than spam, make it opt-in again ffs.

Comment by protestor at 14/01/2017 at 22:02 UTC

5 upvotes, 2 direct replies

in the comments link, the bot should post how many comments that thread has.

Like, here[1] it should say

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/Eyebleach/comments/5m7z1n/soldier_comes_home_and_surprises_his_best_doggy/dc1ukwt/

#1: Dog works to find owner after 7 months apart (x-post from /r/aww/) | 16 comments

Comment by _StrychnoS_ at 25/02/2017 at 15:26 UTC

5 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I cannot imagine how can you handle all those extremely negative responses. I'm even tilted right now.

It's a neat bot, I keep seeing it but it actually makes me check those subs quickly. Spammy? Maybe, not for me though. At least you're acting accordingly to the feedback(!) and doing your best to make your bot better.

Haters gonna hate, keep up your good work.

Comment by Cubia_ at 26/03/2017 at 12:36 UTC

6 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Suggestion: Opt-in by summons (such as /u/roboragi). He's python based, so hopefully it should provide some insight. His git is here[1].

1: https://github.com/Nihilate/Roboragi

Comment by Romiress at 18/01/2017 at 20:07 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Your opt out link is a NP link.

Comment by OverlordOfTech at 21/01/2017 at 04:30 UTC

5 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Hello, and thank you for this useful bot! I have a suggestion: I think that it would be useful to show post scores and/or subscriber count as a gauge of how active the subreddit is. Something like this:

*Here's a sneak peek of /r/somerandomsubreddit[1] (42 subscribers) using the top posts[2] of all time!**

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

1: [+100] We're no strangers to love[3] | 2 comments[4]

2: [+90] You know the rules[5] | 2 comments[6]

3: [+50] And so do I[7] | 3 comments[8]

3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Thanks!

Comment by [deleted] at 02/02/2017 at 19:13 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

stop displaying NSFW subreddits