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Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2016-01-09

★ 2PythonAudience · researcherComplexity · 3/5DormantSetup · moderate

TL;DR

A machine-learning tool that predicts how much karma a Reddit comment will earn and visualizes which subreddits reward which kinds of comments.

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    What it does
      Predicts comment karma
      Analyzes sentiment first
      Clusters similar subreddits
    Tech stack
      Python
      scikit-learn
      Flask
    Use cases
      Predict comment popularity
      Explore subreddit clusters
      Build bots via API
    Audience
      Reddit power users
      Community researchers
      Bot developers
    Interfaces
      Website
      Rate-limited API

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Submit a draft comment and see a predicted karma bracket before posting it.

REASON 2

Explore an interactive graph of subreddits clustered by similar karma patterns.

REASON 3

Call the rate-limited API from your own bot or app to predict comment performance.

REASON 4

Research what tone and wording tends to earn upvotes across different Reddit communities.

What's in the stack?

Pythonscikit-learnFlask

How it stacks up

100/reddit-karma-prediction0-bingwu-0/live-interpreter0xkaz/llm-governance-dashboard
Stars222
LanguagePythonPythonPython
Last pushed2016-01-09——
MaintenanceDormant——
Setup difficultymoderatemoderatehard
Complexity3/52/54/5
Audienceresearchergeneralops devops

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 1h+

Requires training or loading the scikit-learn models and running the Flask API locally.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Explain how reddit-karma-prediction combines a sentiment model and a karma-bracket model to make its predictions.
Prompt 2
Show me how to call this project's API to predict the karma of a comment I want to post.
Prompt 3
Help me set up the Flask server and scikit-learn models locally to run my own karma predictions.
Prompt 4
Walk me through how the subreddit clustering visualization groups communities by karma patterns.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is reddit-karma-prediction?

A machine-learning tool that predicts how much karma a Reddit comment will earn and visualizes which subreddits reward which kinds of comments.

What language is reddit-karma-prediction written in?

Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, scikit-learn, Flask.

Is reddit-karma-prediction actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2016-01-09).

How hard is reddit-karma-prediction to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 1h+ to a first successful run.

Who is reddit-karma-prediction for?

Mainly researcher.

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