Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.

About Wisdom of reddit

Wisdom of reddit helps writers research the events, activities and lives of normal people. I think it will be a valuable research tool for writers looking to incorporate some realism into their stories. The results also help you discover online communities relevant to your interests. Wisdom of reddit is a property of Qxf2 Services and is being developed by Arunkumar Muralidharan.

Technical details

Wisdom of reddit has indexed about 1.2 million comments out of a possible 1.7 billion comments. All comments that were chosen were at least 150 words long and have scored more than 35 upvotes. The comments span from October, 2007 to September, 2015. The tech stack of Wisdom of reddit includes: Python, Flask, Whoosh, Whoosh's default BM25f scoring algorithm, BigQuery, nginx, git and is hosted on EC2.

Known limitations

Wisdom of reddit has indexed only a small subset (~0.07%) of all reddit comments. All the 1.2 million comments chosen are at least 150 words long and have scored more than 35 upvotes. The comments span from October, 2007 to September, 2015. So it is possible that a comment you were looking for is not showing up.

What's cooking

I am working on the following (in order of priority):

• Including relevant threads in the search results
• Letting search queries be more natural
• A more creative writing prompt that incorporates images and words
• Covering all reddit comments - instead of just a sub set
• Incorporating date and upvotes into the search results

A great way to get me to change my priorities, is to email me at mak@qxf2.com.

Feedback

If you find bugs or have suggestions, please send feedback to: mak@qxf2.com.

Donations

Thanks - that's very thoughtful of you. I am fortunate enough to not need the money as of today. If Wisdom of reddit helped you, and you *really* feel like giving, please donate to the Wikimedia foundation instead.