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id: "GRO-021"
category: "strategy"
confidence: 0.96
date: "2026-02-10"
source_file: "Combined: CrowdReply strategy + Kinan directive (audience first, product second)"
---

# GRO-021

Reddit audience building works PRE-PRODUCT: Comment as power user reviewing existing tools, build karma/reputation, plant seeds about what you wish existed. When product launches, you already have positioned comments across hundreds of threads
