Previously, the bot would scan all of the recent comments in a subreddit to find a specific keyword. However, this process was not easily scalable, either in computational resources needed, nor in the API access that we had.
Instead, the bot now uses a feature built into Reddit where Reddit will send you an inbox message if someone mentions your username. Previously, this was a paid feature but is now available to all Reddit uses, including our TextifyReddit account.
This PR also added a whitelist and blacklist of subreddits rather than only having a whitelist.
Previously, the bot would scan all of the recent comments in a subreddit to find a specific keyword. However, this process was not easily scalable, either in computational resources needed, nor in the API access that we had.
Instead, the bot now uses a feature built into Reddit where Reddit will send you an inbox message if someone mentions your username. Previously, this was a paid feature but is now available to all Reddit uses, including our TextifyReddit account.
This PR also added a whitelist and blacklist of subreddits rather than only having a whitelist.
Closes #33