RedditSubMatch

A tool for matching Redditors with similar interests based on their subreddit subscriptions and activity.

Code

Decided to setup docker just in case, can be built/ran with ./run.sh i fucked up spacing in a file for some reason

Preliminary notes based on the suggestions of Redditors

Resources

• https://anvaka.github.io/sayit
• apparently https://www.reddit.com/r/Serendipity has a bot with similar tactics
• Gensim's word2vec modeling package
• /u/Evthma's association rule mining subreddit dataset
• Pushshift.io for unlimited user data

Algorithms/Methods

• collaborative filtering
• priori/association rule learning
• Hausdorff distance of sets
• Jaccard Index

Things to take into account:

• default subreddit subscriptions
• remove NSFW subreddits (or have the option to?)
• number of subscribers in a sub (smaller subs could be a more special interest)
• activity vs subscriptions

Other notes:

• Discussion with the actual owner of r/submatch is currently ongoing about how to proceed with development.
• Issues will be created tomorrow regarding for anyone's input regarding:
  • structure of the repo
  • algorithm discussion/planning
  • how the tool will be made available to users (webapp? bot?)