Reddit Upvotes Bar

Reddit Upvotes Bar

Shows Reddit stats on every webpage indicating how many up-votes that webpage has received.

  • Reddit Upvotes Bar
  • Reddit Upvotes Bar
What is Reddit Upvotes Bar?
Reddit Upvotes Bar is a Firefox add-on that shows the number of upvotes a webpage has received on Reddit. It uses the Reddit API to provide real-time stats and color-coded indicators. Clicking on the stats bar loads the corresponding Reddit page.
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By: em_te
Users: 7 ▼ -1
Rating: 3.33 (3)
Version: 0.1.1 (Last updated: 2021-06-28)
Creation date: 2017-09-14
Weekly download count: 1
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • https://www.reddit.com/*
  • storage
Size: 25.71K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Shows a stats bar on the bottom right of every webpage showing how many Reddit up-votes that that webpage has received (if any). The stats bar won't show on Reddit's own webpages.

This extension is NOT affiliated with Reddit, but does use their Reddit API.

  • The left number is the number of up-votes for that webpage, the right number is the number of user comments.
  • The stats bar is color coded. For posts with over 10,000 shares it appears in vibrant red. For posts with less than 1,000 shares it appears in a transparent grey color.
  • By default, the stats bar only loads when you have scrolled the webpage by more than 500 pixels.
  • By default, the stats bar only loads after 4 seconds in case the webpage was loaded by mistake.
  • By default, the subreddit name is shown in the stats bar and can be changed to show the age of the post.
  • By default, the stats bar only loads if the "path" portion of the URL is longer than 4 characters. For example, if the URL is "www.yahoo.com/search?q=hello", only the "/search" portion of the URL is counted and here it is 7 characters long. This is so that the stats bar is only loaded for webpages with genuine content and not for top-level webpages.
  • For your privacy, the "query" part of the URL is not sent to Reddit. i.e. the part after the "?" and "#". For example, if the URL is "www.yahoo.com/search?q=hello", the "q=hello" part is not sent to Reddit.
  • Clicking on the link in the stats bar will load the corresponding Reddit page.
  • Clicking elsewhere on the stats bar will hide it.
  • The up-vote count is obtained through the Reddit API. I am not responsible for the accuracy of the results.
User reviews
Not working. Why?

This is quite handy, for those of us who read articles via RSS feeds, but are curious if the link is being discussed on reddit. There are two issues I have encountered, however. 1) A really surprising number of web pages have some sort of immovable floating bar stretching entirely across the bottom of the browser window which covers/hides the Reddit Upvotes Bar in its default fixed position. 2) And youtube is problematic in several ways, as youtube links are often shared on reddit using the "youtu.be/xxxxxx" shortened form of the url, but when browsing youtube you have the full www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxxx form. The latter form will not work anyhow as this extension says it strips the arguments after "?" from a URL, so I'm not sure if reddit's search API itself is smart enough to return results for youtube links with multiple formats. It would seem youtube would need some special handling. I'd suggest an option to allow the extension to send full URL including argument in all cases, or at least as a special case on youtube.com. Regarding the URL transformation, if there are no hits on reddit using the URL being viewed then do the transformation and re-query using the alternate URL form.
by cactile, 2018-01-20

Fantastic add-on that does exactly what it says. It's great to find reddit discussions on interesting things that you might have stumbled upon. Tiny nitpick, it'd be nice if there were more customization options for the little bar.
by Momizer, 2017-10-09
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Safety
Risk impact

Reddit Upvotes Bar is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Reddit Upvotes Bar if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Reddit Upvotes Bar has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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