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Improvements from Reveddit #7

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m3thm4th opened this issue Mar 24, 2022 · 1 comment
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Improvements from Reveddit #7

m3thm4th opened this issue Mar 24, 2022 · 1 comment

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@m3thm4th
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  • Reveddit is faster in fetching comments, in new thread all comments are found on Reveddit while only the "oldest" are found in Unddit, I don't understand why.

  • Reveddit can visualize quarantined subreddits while Unddit can't. They use this extension.

  • Reveddit has an extension for switching to and from Reddit which is really useful.

  • Reveddit can fetch users' removed content and is more feature rich.

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gurnec commented Mar 25, 2022

in new thread all comments are found on Reveddit while only the "oldest" are found in Unddit

This is by design. There's a "max. to download" setting (just under the comment counts) which limits how many comments are loaded so that larger posts are only partially-downloaded, improving speed. It defaults to 800, and loads in oldest-first order. You can increase this setting to always load more comments by default, or you can click the "load 800 more comments" link at the bottom of the page when you need it and keep the setting as-is.

Reveddit is faster in fetching comments

My completely non-scientific testing disagrees with you:

Smaller Post Unddit Reveddit
Load & render 500 comments from PS & Reddit 3.3s 14.4s
Larger Post Unddit Reveddit
Load & render 500 comments from Reddit only N/A 6s
Load 8500 comments from PS & Reddit 95s 125s
Render 8500 comments 5s 75s

Furthermore, loading a perma-linked comment will be even faster on Unddit because earlier comments are skipped; on Reveddit all comments in the post are loaded.

Unddit doesn't do the "Load & render 500 comments from Reddit only" step. If you're only interested in seeing Reddit comments with no removals, reddit.com works just fine for that... (it's not a completely useless step though—it can improve situations where Pushshift is completely missing comments which occasionally happens).

Reveddit can visualize quarantined subreddits while Unddit can't.

Unddit can't browse any subreddit, it's in the FAQ. Posts from quarantined/banned subs can be loaded Unddit, however removed/deleted comments are not marked as such. This might be fixable for quarantined subs, I might look into it.

Reveddit has an extension for switching to and from Reddit which is really useful.

On desktops/laptops you can switch easily from Reddit or Reveddit to Unddit using the bookmarklet available in the FAQ. On any device, you can switch easily from Unddit to Reddit or Reveddit using the links beneath each post/comment (or the author links, which lead to Reddit). On Android, you can switch easily from Reddit to Unddit or Reveddit using the app described in the FAQ. There's no iPhone app AFAIK.

Reveddit can fetch users' removed content and is more feature rich.

Yes... Unddit can do some things Reveddit doesn't, and vice versa. It will never be a goal of mine to reach feature parity with Reveddit, however PRs are welcome (as long as they don't affect loading speeds much).

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