r/realtech

13k members
r/realtech is a subreddit with 13k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses worst, struggling, annoying, tired, and struggling to sell, and they frequently recommend/review streaming stick.
rtbot2 (/u/rtbot2) is a simple bot made by /u/mf2mf2, to combat how /r/technology has became a highly political, repetitive, and somewhat circlejerky subreddit. The original design and bot was created by /u/firemylasers. The bot scans posts from /r/technology, calculates a score, and reposts submissions whose score is below a certain threshold to /r/realtech. The system very effective, eliminating most undesirable posts and leaving behind many posts that are usually buried.

Popular Themes in r/realtech

#1
News
: "New Orleans Cops Published Policy Document Allowing Weaponized Drones | Cops and drone companies seem increasingly eager to put weapons on their drones."
122 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Flock, Ring and Atlanta’s network of more than 28,000 integrated cameras haven’t improved city’s crime clearance rates"
13 posts
#3
Money Talk
: "$100,000 monthly fee for fast feed of US president’s posts — Family company has quoted the six-figure sum for high-speed access to Truth Social platform"
6 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Do we need AI in our washing machines?"
1 post
#5
Opportunities
: "Texas residents gather signatures to make recalls easier after data center approvals"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/realtech

#1

Worst

9 posts
#2

Struggling

5 posts
#3

Annoying

5 posts
#4

Tired

5 posts
#5

Struggling To Sell

3 posts
#6

Worst Technology

3 posts
#7

Apple

2 posts
#8

Parking

2 posts
#9

Search

2 posts
#10

Remote Work

2 posts

Products Discussed in r/realtech

#1
Roku
4.0 from 1 review

Member Growth in r/realtech

Yearly
+387 members(3.1%)

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Last updated: August 1, 2026