README.md

🎯 Social Insight Tracker Extension (Prototype)

A browser extension that tracks YouTube & Reddit engagement with full user consent, gamifies interaction, and enables anonymized data donation.

  

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📌 Overview

✅ It lets users:

• Track how many videos they've watched on YouTube and how long they spent on each one.
• Track how many posts they've viewed on Reddit and their scroll behavior.
• Earn badges based on streaks and milestones (e.g., watching K videos, viewing N posts).
• Download their anonymized session data with full consent flow.

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🎮 Gamified UI Features

• 🔥 Streak Counter – Tracks consecutive days of usage on each platform.

• 🏅 Milestone Badges – Awarded based on video/post counts (e.g., 5, 10, 25+ interactions).

• 🎯 XP Bar – Accumulates points (1 point per video/post interaction).

• 📥 Session Download – Lets users save a .json file of their session data.

  

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🧠 Why This Prototype?

Most platform APIs lack fine-grained data on how individuals interact with specific content types (AI-generated, brand-created, etc.).
This extension addresses that gap with:

• Consent-first data donation
• Platform-specific engagement metrics (watch time on YouTube, scroll depth on Reddit)
• Gamified UX to incentivize opt‑in participation

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• HTML + CSS + JavaScript (Vanilla)
• Designed using Neobrutalist UI principles
• Built to be lightweight, privacy-aware, and developer-friendly

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📄 Sample Data Formats

YouTube Session Export

{
  "exportDate": "2025-07-07T05:34:01.522Z",
  "platform": "YouTube",
  "totalEntries": 6,
  "totalWatchTimeMinutes": 6,
  "data": [
    {
      "timestamp": "2025-07-07T05:25:33.604Z",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YykjpeuMNEk",
      "videoId": "YykjpeuMNEk",
      "watchTimeSeconds": 18
    }
    // ...
  ]
}