I created this Chrome Extension in order to learn a bit about JavaScript and gain experience with browser extensions. Once it is installed you can Ctrl + Left Click on any Reddit username and a new tab will be created which will display in descending order the Subreddits the user is posting and commenting. It will also display how many posts or comments the user has.

There are a lot of websites that offer this functionality but I found them not convenient to use. If you want to see the history of a user you must copy the username, open a tab, paste the username and wait for the results. I wanted something faster, click and go, and this is what I created.

But there are some limitations. Reddit API recommends 1 request / second and each one fetches at most 100 comments or posts. The user has to wait a bit until the results pops up. At least everything runs in the background and the user can continue browsing and once the end result is calculated it just pops up. Another limitation is that while a username is clicked and the result is calculated, if at the same time the end user tries to fetch another Reddit user it will not be allowed because I have hard coded that each fetch should be done every 1 second.

In addition while the extension is working in the background, a browser icon is displayed so that the user sees and feels that that some kind of calculation is done.

The reason I created this is extension, other than learning, is because sometimes I browse Reddit and I find a comments that are interesting and I want to know a bit more about the user who created them. Also sometimes I find comments that are so obscure that I am convinced that they are created by some fake accounts so I wanted also to have a better overview.

I wanted to receive some criticism regarding this project and I would be very thankful if someone leaves some harsh comments.

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