HN Comments Owl VS F5Bot

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F5Bot Reviews

1. dksinden    

   Commercial Director at SpeechKit | over 3 years ago
   Pretty useful little tool for catching reddit mentions :)

   Easy to setup and forget, would definitely recommend

2. Pēteris Caune    

   Working at healthchecks.io | almost 4 years ago

   F5Bot is awesome. Compared to similar services, it delivers notifications in nearly real-time. I get notified about online discussions mentioning my product as they happen, not a day later.

   🏁 Competitors: Warble
3. Jason Faulker    

   about 4 years ago

   Love it, sends me an e-mail for keywords on Reddit.

   🏁 Competitors: TrackReddit

   👍 Pros:    Fast

   👎 Cons:    Wish there was a higher limit to the e-mail

HN Comments Owl mentions (7)

• Most promoted and blocked domains among Kagi Search users

  Comments Owl for Hacker News [1] adds a mute button to comments and user profiles which lets you do this. If you want to roll a quick version of your own, once you've identified rows containing comments you want to block, you need to hide all subsequent rows which have a higher indent. I see there's now an "indent" attribute in the DOM which would make this even easier. [1] - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• The UI of Hacker News Is Perfect

  Definitely not perfect. The default "collapse comment" buttons being right-aligned is pure insanity, IMO. They should be left-aligned so they're all in line with each other as you scroll down the page, so you barely have to move your mouse. Fortunately this extension[1] takes care of that. [1] https://github.com/insin/hn-comments-owl/ Also, proper hyperlink... - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Ask HN: How do you keep up with replies to comment threads on HN?

  For keeping track of replies to my own comments, as previously mentioned there's the threads link at the top of the page, as well as https://hnreplies.com/ and https://hnnotify.xyz/. You can also use https://hnrss.github.io/ or http://hnapp.com/ to make RSS feeds of various types. If there's a post that is particularly interesting and you want to be able to keep abreast of new comments in it, I've found the HN... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Ask HN: Which Extension brings the best out of HN?

  I like HN Comments Owl: https://github.com/insin/hn-comments-owl. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Ask HN: How do you use HN?

  >Do you use browser plugins or user scripts? https://github.com/insin/hn-comments-owl I've also been writing a Godot app for HN off an on for a while now. It isn't ready for prime time but here's what it looks like[0]. >Also, what are your habits around HN? I tend to lurk the new comments page. I check this site constantly, and use it as a distraction from more worthwhile projects. It's pathetic, this place is... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

F5Bot mentions (34)

• A search engine in 80 lines of Python

  Https://f5bot.com is a way to get an email notification when a keyword is mentioned. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Ask HN: How to subscribe for specific repeated stories on HN

  Https://f5bot.com/ might work, I use a Slack bot for something similar. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• So apparently YouTube is testing out blocking adblockers

  Hehe, my secret is F5Bot which lets me know when someone mentions qutebrowser on Reddit :D. Source: 10 months ago

• Ask HN: What happens with social media monitoring apps once Reddit's API is paid

  For example, a "free" service that I use and is "slightly" monetized by ads in the notification emails. F5Bot https://f5bot.com/. Would Reddit ask them for $12,000 per month? - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Keyword Alert tool?

  I’m using https://f5bot.com/ Works for Reddit and a few other websites. And you get notifications immediately. Not sure if you can set them to be aggregated once a day, in case it’s a requirement. Source: about 1 year ago