Reddit posts created in subreddits through Electron + Playwright are being removed by Reddit's filters

[u/Empty_Habit6123]

Hi everyone,

I'm developing a desktop application using Electron with an embedded Chromium browser and Playwright to publish posts in Reddit communities.

Here's how it works:

1. Users connect their Reddit account through the Electron application's embedded browser.
2. Users select a subreddit (community) and enter a post title and body directly in my application.
3. Playwright opens Reddit's normal Create Post page using the authenticated browser session.
4. It selects the subreddit, fills in the title and body, and clicks the Post button.
5. The post initially appears to be published, but shortly afterward, Reddit removes it with the message: "Sorry, this post was removed by Reddit's filters."

What I've tested:

• Creating posts manually in Reddit works.
• Creating posts through my Electron application results in removal.
• Tried different Chromium versions, User-Agent settings, and WebDriver configurations.
• Posting comments through the same application works correctly.
• The issue occurs specifically when creating new posts in Reddit communities.

My questions:

1. Why might Reddit remove posts submitted through Electron + Playwright while accepting manually created posts?
2. Could this be related to how Playwright interacts with Reddit's Create Post form or submits the post?
3. Are there any subreddit-specific requirements or submission metadata that browser automation might miss?
4. Is there an officially supported way to publish user-approved posts with a title and body to selected subreddits from a desktop application?

I'm not trying to bypass Reddit's spam filters. I want to understand the cause and implement a compliant solution.

Has anyone faced a similar issue or found an appropriate approach?

Thanks in advance!

[u/tjen]

Have you read reddit T&C?

[u/Apprehensive-Tip140]

I don't think they want users to do this. If they did they wouldn't have removed the API service which allowed you to do this. Whilst you may not interpret this as 'SPAM' they would. I assume you are building a scheduler service?

[u/ketralnis]

Why would users use your application instead of reddit directly? I assume it's because you've automated submitting to many subreddits, or some other way to submit a lot of content without doing it by hand?

You don't say what it does and your user history is pretty empty except for posts to r/ai_trading and r/indiaalgotrading so I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this is something reddit doesn't really want to exist

[u/SmallDetail8461 → u/ketralnis]

Because original reddit ui is worst

[u/actionscripted]

Good

[u/SmallDetail8461]

We can work on this

[u/Empty_Habit6123 → u/SmallDetail8461]

Yeah suree