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Great job on the design and the aspirations here. I don't know that I understand the value prop though. Is there value in having reddit users arbitrarily ranked? What's the end use by the user? Is the goal for the user to leverage the connection and reach out directly? Does frequent posting / using the targeted keywords actually equate to being an expert or just someone that posts a lot? I'd argue that it's probably the opposite.

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Thanks so much.

It's a database full of users that can be used for connecting with subject matter experts if you want to ask questions or ask for feedback/improvement on an application, or for research on anything

this can save you a ton of time on finding experts to ask questions to (like you said, it is used for reaching out directly)

And I am still experimenting for the best scraping algorithm to get the best experts, as I check various factors to filter out the best users in each subreddit

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