AppearsInThe AppearsIn extension
The side panel posts the ready queue through the Reddit account already in your browser. We never ask for a Reddit password.
Add to ChromePermissions
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storage: keeps your sign-in token in the browser - •
sidePanel: shows the queue next to the page - •
tabs: opens the Reddit thread for a draft - •
alarms: the once-a-minute check for approved drafts, used only when automatic posting is on - •
www.reddit.com: finds the comment box and fills it - •
appearsin.com: loads your queue and reports the posted comment
No cookies, no web request interception, no notifications, and no browsing or voting.
Use this versus Copy and open
Use this marks a draft ready. The extension opens the thread, fills the comment box, submits it, and stores the comment URL. Copy and open copies the draft and opens the thread without the extension. You paste it and press Comment yourself, and no comment URL is stored.
How it posts
The extension never has your Reddit password. It works inside the Reddit page, as the account already signed in to your browser, the way you would. For a draft you have approved, it opens the thread, finds Reddit's comment box, fills it with your text and, if you asked it to post, presses Comment. It then reads the new comment's link and sends it back to AppearsIn, so the draft moves to Sent. Nothing else from your browsing is read or sent.
By hand
Open fills the comment box and leaves the final press to you. Post sends the comment itself. Both are buttons in the side panel, and nothing is posted until you press one.
Automatically
If you turn on automatic posting for a project, the extension checks once a minute for an approved draft and posts it in a tab it opens out of sight and closes again. AppearsIn decides what may go next and enforces the limits, so they hold whatever the browser does.
- A daily limit, five by default and ten at most, and a gap of at least 20 minutes by default, plus a random wait before each post.
- A first-week ramp as a hard ceiling: one comment a day on days one and two, two on days three and four, three on day five, four on day six, then your limit.
- Drafts that name your product wait until the account has 10 comment karma, unless you turn that off.
- It posts only as the account you connected, and checks that account right before posting.
- It stops if the account is suspended or two of the last five comments were removed, backs off if Reddit says you are posting too fast, and skips a community that banned you.
- A pause button in the side panel, and a site-wide kill switch we can use.
These lower the risk and do not remove it. Read is it safe to automate Reddit comments before you turn it on.
Set it up
- Add the extension to Chrome and open AppearsIn while signed in. The page connects the extension to your workspace.
- Sign in to Reddit in the same browser profile.
- Open the extension's side panel and press Sync. AppearsIn reads your username, karma and account age.
- Approve a draft with Use this on the Threads page. It appears in the side panel.
Questions
What does the AppearsIn Chrome extension do?
It posts the Reddit replies you approved in AppearsIn. It opens the thread, fills Reddit's comment box from your draft, and submits it, either when you press a button in the side panel or automatically within daily limits you set. It then sends the comment's link back to AppearsIn.
Does the extension need my Reddit password?
No. It works in the Reddit page the way you would, as the account already signed in to your browser. AppearsIn never asks for or stores your Reddit credentials.
Does it post on its own?
Only if you turn automatic posting on. By default you press a button for each reply. With automatic posting on, it posts approved drafts one at a time within your daily limit, with a gap and a random wait between posts, and you can pause it from the side panel.
What permissions does it ask for?
Storage, the side panel, tabs and alarms, plus access to www.reddit.com and appearsin.com. It does not use cookies, web request interception or notifications.
What happens if my account is suspended or comments are removed?
Automatic posting stops. It pauses if Reddit reports the account as suspended, and if two of the last five comments were removed, until you review them. It also records any community that banned the account.
Can I use more than one Reddit account?
Reddit signs in one account at a time per browser profile. To use several, give each its own Chrome profile with the extension installed and press Sync in each. Your plan sets how many accounts you can have.
Which browsers does it work in?
Chrome. It is built on Manifest V3 and uses the side panel, which Chrome provides.