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3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 2 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful public service for finding Reddit content
From 2 comments
You, sir, have done a great public service.
sli on HNI have tried searching Reddit several times for an article I read last week - to no avail. It was result #4 in your search results. Thanks!
kmust on HN
Objections
Missing data and features compared with alternatives
From 1 comment
Thank you for doing this. Much like http://www.searchreddit.com/, this is cool but missing a lot of data and features. You may want to check out these links, also:…
jedberg on HN
Reddit API limits requests, so some results lack scores and comments
From 1 comment
Just a FYI - reddit allows me 1 request/2 seconds - so a lot of queries may only return Bing data (no score/comments etc)
ptm on HN
Search fails on apostrophes and has a reflected XSS flaw
From 2 comments
just a heads up, I'm getting a BadQueryError if my search term contains an apostrophe.
dc2k08 on HNI can't PM you for some reason, must be my low karma. I found a reflected XSS vulnerability since it doesn't really matter for this site, I'll paste it here, I hope you don't…
dawgr on HN
Requests
Release the source code
From 1 comment
I couldn't agree more. Well done. Any plans on releasing the source? I've been looking to play with AppEngine for a project just like this.
barlo on HN
Change the link color, too much red
From 1 comment
seems to work great, thanks. any chance of changing the link color? too much red.
stuntmouse on HN
Questions
Why the API request failure rate is 30-40%
From 1 comment
Thanks for the feedback :). I just noticed that I'm seeing a 30-40% failure while using the API - is there any reason that should be so ? I'm batching around 20-30 ids together…
ptm on HN
Alternatives named
searchreddit.com
From 1 comment
Thank you for doing this. Much like http://www.searchreddit.com/, this is cool but missing a lot of data and features. You may want to check out these links, also:…
jedberg on HN