WeWeb — a software company — used to spend 6 to 8 hours a week manually checking Reddit to see if anyone was talking about their brand. Complaints, praise, questions, comparisons with competitors. All of it scattered across one of the internet's busiest places.
They built a small automated system that now does that same job in the background, every day, for free. They got it down to about 1 to 2 hours a week — mostly just reading what the system surfaced, not hunting for it.
The interesting part: they've shared the whole thing publicly, as a free template anyone can import in around 15 minutes.
If people are talking about your restaurant, your agency, or your product online, you probably don't know about most of it. Reddit is especially tricky — it's massive, conversations move fast, and no one tags you.
This system listens quietly and collects everything into a simple dashboard your whole team can read — not just one person refreshing tabs.
And the cost? Zero, for most small teams.
n8n — A tool that connects different apps and services together automatically, like a behind-the-scenes coordinator. No coding required to use pre-built templates.
Supabase — A place to store and organize information (like a tidy spreadsheet that other tools can talk to).
F5Bot — A free service that alerts you whenever a keyword you care about appears on Reddit or Hacker News.
Workflow template — A ready-made automation you can copy and adapt, like a recipe instead of inventing a dish from scratch.
Worth asking yourself: if someone complained about your business on Reddit this week, would you know?