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Reddit threads to Perplexity

How to send Reddit threads to Perplexity

You have Reddit threads open and a question that spans all of them. This walks through what Perplexity actually receives, what it will not get, and how to phrase the question so the extra context earns its place.

What gets captured

From Reddit threads, LocalBridge takes the post body and the comments that are expanded on screen, with scores where shown. Page furniture such as navigation, sidebars and cookie notices is dropped before anything is sent, which keeps the batch small enough for Perplexity to reason over rather than skim.

Perplexity is search-first, so page text is most useful when you follow it with a narrow comparison question.

Step by step

  1. Step 1

    Open the pages you care about

    Put the Reddit threads you want answered in one browser window. Leave out everything unrelated: irrelevant pages cost context and pull the answer off topic.

  2. Step 2

    Tick the tabs to send

    Open LocalBridge and tick each tab. It reads the post body and the comments that are expanded on screen, with scores where shown, and drops navigation, sidebars and cookie banners.

  3. Step 3

    Send to Perplexity

    Perplexity is not a one-click target yet. The formatted text is placed on your clipboard, so open Perplexity and paste it as your first message.

  4. Step 4

    Ask the question that needed all of them

    Follow the context with something only the full set can answer. For example: "What is the consensus here, and which dissenting comment is best argued?"

Where it falls short

Collapsed and hidden-by-score comments are not expanded, so a long thread may arrive partial.

Published 2026-09-15. If Perplexity AI changes how Perplexity handles pasted context, this guide is updated rather than left to drift.

Common questions

Does Perplexity read the whole of each page?
It reads what LocalBridge captured: the post body and the comments that are expanded on screen, with scores where shown. Each page is capped so one long document cannot crowd out the rest of the batch, and perplexity is search-first, so page text is most useful when you follow it with a narrow comparison question.
What does not come through from Reddit threads?
Collapsed and hidden-by-score comments are not expanded, so a long thread may arrive partial.
Do I need to be signed in for Reddit threads behind a login?
Yes. LocalBridge reads the page exactly as your browser already renders it, so if the tab shows the content, it is captured. It never logs in for you and never stores credentials.
How many Reddit threads can I send at once?
Up to eight tabs per send, trimmed so the batch stays inside a comfortable context budget. For bigger sets, send them in themed batches and ask one question per batch.
Is the page content stored anywhere?
No. The text goes from your browser to the assistant you chose. LocalBridge does not keep a copy and does not send page content to our servers.

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