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Reddit Product Plan

Community forum with subreddits, voting, comments, moderation, awards, and real-time chat.

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Open the editable plan instantly, or carry its requirements into a generated system Architecture.

Subreddit communities

Post and comment system

Upvote/downvote voting

Moderation tools

Awards and karma

Real-time chat

Content feed (hot, new, top)

Media hosting

Reddit Premium

API for bots/apps

As a user, I can browse and subscribe to subreddits

As a user, I can post content and comment on threads

As a user, I can upvote/downvote to surface quality content

As a moderator, I can manage subreddit rules and remove content

As a developer, I can build bots using the Reddit API

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Category	Requirement	Target
Performance	Feed render	< 500ms for hot/new/top feeds
Scalability	Traffic	Handle front-page effect: 10x spike on trending posts
Scalability	Content	Billions of posts/comments with full-text search
Availability	Platform	99.9%: community engagement depends on uptime
Security	Moderation	Automod + ML detection for spam, harassment, and ban evasion

MVPForum

SubredditsPostsCommentsUpvote/downvoteUser profiles

v1.0Community

Moderation toolsAwards/karmaSearchMedia hostingNotifications

v2.0Platform

ChatReddit PremiumAds platformBot APICommunity Points

DAU/MAU ratio: > 40%

Average session duration: > 10 minutes

Content creation rate: > 5% of users post/comment daily

Subreddit creation: > 1000 new active subs per month

A bounded client approval portal with tenant isolation, invitations, file review, and test-mode billing.

A feedback inbox that preserves evidence, groups duplicates, and helps owners approve a prioritized roadmap.

A bounded website monitor with evidence snapshots, meaningful comparisons, budgets, and failure visibility.

Open the editable Product Plan first, then carry it into Architecture and Plan & Ship when it is ready.