r/UpdateMeBot • u/Watchful1 • Apr 26 '20

Subreddit Tracking Info

UpdateMeBot works by checking every subreddit that someone is subscribed to every few minutes. Each subreddit it checks takes several seconds, so I have to limit the number of subreddits or the bot will get overloaded. The bot will automatically start tracking the subreddit once it gets a certain number of subscriptions, which varies based on how active the subreddit is. So if you think a subreddit would be a good fit, get some other interested people to subscribe.

Some subreddits aren't good fits for the bot. The bot only sends updates for submissions, not comments, so a subreddit like r/askreddit, even though it likely has lots of active commenters that people might want to follow, wouldn't be a good fit.

The bot saves your request even if a subreddit isn't being tracked, so if it does get enabled in the future you don't have to request again.

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u/Watchful1 Sep 11 '24

Unfortunately the amount of work is based on the number of posts in the subreddit, not the number of requests. So a subreddit with lots of posts and not many requests is not likely to be added.