Reddit. A subreddit name. The r/ prefix is stripped automatically, so r/SaaS and SaaS both work. Read through Reddit's public per-subreddit feed, not the API, and never while logged in.
RSS. Any RSS or Atom feed URL, plus a name so you can recognise it later.
A button that reads your persona and existing keywords, and proposes subreddits worth adding.
It is advisory. Nothing is saved, and the output is sanitised down to plausible subreddit names. Check each one exists and is actually relevant before adding it.
A blank persona makes the suggestions useless, and the page warns you about that. See Persona.
Sources
What the comment scan reads. Studio, then Comments, then Sources.
Two types
Reddit. A subreddit name. The
r/prefix is stripped automatically, sor/SaaSandSaaSboth work. Read through Reddit's public per-subreddit feed, not the API, and never while logged in.RSS. Any RSS or Atom feed URL, plus a name so you can recognise it later.
Per-source settings
Max drafts is the important one
It exists because a busy subreddit will otherwise consume the whole scan and starve every other source. Per-source caps mean sources do not compete.
Give a high-volume subreddit a low cap and a niche feed a higher one.
Global scan settings
Scan interval, in hours, default 4. The hourly scheduler checks whether your interval has elapsed.
Posts per source, up to 100. How deep each scan reads.
Per-source actions
Scan spot-checks one source now, at a depth you pick.
Deep scan reads at maximum depth. Use it once after adding a subreddit, to backfill, then never again.
Suggesting subreddits
A button that reads your persona and existing keywords, and proposes subreddits worth adding.
It is advisory. Nothing is saved, and the output is sanitised down to plausible subreddit names. Check each one exists and is actually relevant before adding it.
A blank persona makes the suggestions useless, and the page warns you about that. See Persona.
Source health
Each source records its last run, how many items came back, how many were new, the last error, and consecutive failures.
Consecutive failures is the number to watch. It is what separates a feed that was quiet today from one that has been dead for a fortnight.
Choosing sources
Fewer and more specific beats more and broader. Three subreddits where your people actually are will produce a better queue than fifteen general ones.
Start with 2 or 3, tune the keywords and minimum score for a week, then add more.
Hacker News
Was a source, was removed. RSS and Reddit are what exist now.