Tool of the day: my favorite Reddit research hack
Reddit has everything, if you know how to find it - and fast
The below chart shows the slow and steady growth of Reddit. Reddit is the town square of the internet. It’s where anonymous strangers mingle together to discuss anything.
It’s a treasure trove of questions, answers, insights, stories, anything.
And it’s chock-full of niche little communities that are discussing just the thing you’re wondering about.
Isn’t that wild?
Now, tapping into this treasure isn’t always the easiest. Reddit search is notoriously useless and Google search has become the best way to get to the obscure post you’re looking for.
Until now.
I’ve been using this tool to shortcut my way and summarize/synthesize Reddit knowledge in mere seconds.
Gigabrain.
It’s free. I have no idea how they make money. Maybe they plan to sell ads at some point.
You type in your question and it pulls the:
top relevant reddit posts
summarizes each post into a high-level TLDR
cites each specific post so you can refer to the source info
arranges it in beautiful pyramid principle layout (thank the lord)
This is a wet dream for a curious mind that has attention or patience issues. It sources the info in mere seconds and lays it out in a format that you can absorb in 20 seconds - with links to dive deeper if necessary.
This isn’t a plug. I just love the tool so much and wanted to share it.
As always, share this with your team, your friends, your dog, anyone you think that might benefit. Appreciate it.