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Show HN: See what your Reddit history reveals about you

https://think-pol.com/

I built an OSINT engine that analyzes Reddit profiles to show what can be inferred from public post history, demographics, interests, personality traits, and behavioral patterns.Features:- Profile Analysis: AI-generated insights from comment patterns - Community Mapping: See which users overlap across subreddits - Contextual Search: Query billions of posts with metadata enrichmentThe goal is...

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Re:Show HN: I built an OSINT tools directory on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:42PM (#44185286)
Appreciate that, and agreed, Bellingcat’s toolkit is excellent.

Totally fair question. That particular tool is more situational, it can surface quotes tied to a username, which can help spot ideological lean, professional background, or even cross-platform clues if phrasing is reused elsewhere. It’s less about hard identifiers, more about building contextual profiles when attribution is subtle.

That said, I’m always reviewing which tools actually add value. If something feels out of place, I’m open to removing or recategorizing it.

Re:Show HN: I built an OSINT tools directory on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:41PM (#44185273)
Great question, the risk category is meant to reflect the potential sensitivity or legal/ethical complexity of a tool’s use. For example, tools that scrape private data or could be easily misused might be tagged higher risk, while something like a domain WHOIS lookup would be low risk. It’s not a legal judgment, just a way to help users assess how carefully they might need to tread.

Also, thanks for catching that, I just fixed the footer links!

Re:Show HN: I built an OSINT tools directory on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @10:18AM (#44180994)
I’m not even old enough to have used MySpace, so that one’s a bit lost on me. Most of the feedback on the homepage vibe has actually been positive, but I hear you
Re:Show HN: I built an OSINT tools directory on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @09:11AM (#44180386)
Totally fair, I’ll make the toggle more visible or default it off on first visit. Appreciate the feedback, and thanks for giving it a look even with the chaos!
Re:Show HN: I built an OSINT tools directory on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @09:10AM (#44180377)
You're right, but for https://r00m101.com backend I needed a lot caffeine
Re:Show HN: I built an OSINT tools directory on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @05:58AM (#44179018)
I just added a switch button turn them off :)

Show HN: I built an OSINT tools directory

https://r00m101.com/tools

I work on R00M 101, a Reddit-based OSINT profiler. While building it, I realized most open-source intelligence (OSINT) tools are scattered across GitHub, outdated blog posts, or random Discords.So I put together a public-facing directory of 100+ OSINT tools used by analysts, journalists, and security folks, free, filterable, and categorized by risk, platform, and use case.The idea was to make...

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Show HN: R00M 101 – I made a tool to scrape Reddit and hunt sockpuppets

https://r00m101.com

Hey HN,I made R00M 101 to dig into Reddit’s public data (20B+ posts/comments indexed). It grabs user histories, scrapes subreddits, and does deep analysis with sources to spot stuff like sockpuppets or trends. I caught some accounts with identical phrasing across niche subs. Uses only public data, GDPR-compliant, with an opt-out. Built it for OSINT research, but what else could it do? any...

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Re:Show HN: Free OSINT API to profile Reddit users on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @06:43AM (#44050072)
Thanks a lot! Just fixed it!