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Reddit Product Plan

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

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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

Real-time ride-sharing platform with driver matching, GPS tracking, surge pricing, and payments.

Video streaming platform with personalized recommendations, adaptive bitrate streaming, and content management.

Team messaging platform with channels, direct messages, file sharing, integrations, and real-time search.

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