Reddit Community Analysis: r/mumbai

1. Data Sources & Methodology

• 341 unique posts after deduplication across 4 time periods (all-time, year, month, week), 4 pages each (16 raw JSON files)
• Date collected: April 3, 2026
• Subreddit subscribers: 1,060,022
• Score range: 617 to 14,818
• Median score (dataset): ~4,100 (estimated from the 170th ranked post)
• Top 25 threshold: ~7,444

This is a content strategy guide for understanding r/mumbai's content dynamics and what resonates with the community. The dataset skews toward high-performing posts since it draws from "top" sorting. Daily questions and routine AskMumbai posts are underrepresented.

Cross-subreddit calibration: r/mumbai peaks at ~14,818 vs. r/india's ~37,554, r/ClaudeAI's ~8,084, and r/macapps's ~2,029. With 1.06M subscribers, r/mumbai is a large city subreddit. A score of 8,000+ is viral. A score of 4,000-7,000 is strong. Below 2,000 is typical month/week-level content. Compared to r/india (3.4M subs), r/mumbai has roughly 1/3 the subscriber base but a much more visual, photography-forward content culture rather than r/india's text-heavy political discourse.

2. Subreddit Character

r/mumbai is a city-identity forum where one million Mumbaikars process their love-hate relationship with the most intense city in India through photography, outrage, humor, and shared suffering. It is simultaneously a love letter to Mumbai and a complaint register against its failures.

The community is urban, young (18-30 skewing), middle-class, and emotionally invested in the city's trajectory. They are proud of Mumbai's hustle and skyline but furious about its infrastructure failures, crumbling metros, flooding, pollution, and government negligence. The dominant emotional cycle is: beautiful photograph of the city -> outrage at infrastructure failure -> meme about local trains -> personal story about surviving Mumbai -> repeat.

Product launches and commercial promotion are explicitly banned. Rule 3 states: "No Commercial Advertisement / Self Promotion. Promoting your social media accounts, discord or whatsapp groups, websites, business, blogs or other subreddits is not allowed." This is aggressively enforced. The subreddit is NOT a distribution channel for products in the traditional sense.

What the community values, ranked:

1. Stunning visual documentation of Mumbai -- photography posts dominate the top 50 and are universally well-received (0.98+ ratios)
2. Infrastructure accountability -- posts exposing metro cracks, flooding of new projects, and construction deaths consistently go viral
3. Cultural identity and pride -- Ganpati, local trains, autorickshaw culture, Marathi identity
4. Class consciousness -- deep resentment of wealth inequality, housing costs, the gap between "spirit of Mumbai" rhetoric and lived reality
5. Humor grounded in shared experience -- memes about autowalas, commutes, monsoon flooding
6. Anti-corruption sentiment -- government waste, tax frustration, VIP treatment hypocrisy

Enforcement mechanisms: All posts go through manual moderator approval (per sidebar note). Rule 7 prohibits "Quora/Facebook type questions" and requires English titles in sentence case without emojis. Rule 4 prohibits editorialized titles for news. Rule 5 limits political posts to Mumbai-specific ones from the past week. Several posts in the dataset are locked (especially communal tension and language politics posts), indicating active mod intervention on divisive topics.

How r/mumbai differs from r/india: r/india is text-heavy, politically charged, and nationally scoped. r/mumbai is visually dominant (70%+ posts are IMAGE/VIDEO/GALLERY), city-proud, and more focused on lived urban experience than ideological debate. Photography that would get 100 upvotes on r/india can get 7,000+ on r/mumbai.

3. The All-Time Leaderboard

Dataset median: ~4,100. Top 25 threshold: ~7,444.

Key observation: 10 of the top 25 are VIDEO format. 10 are IMAGE. Photography and visual content completely dominates. The only TEXT post in the entire top 50 is "cried after coming home from coldplay" (6,627, rank ~30) -- and that's a deeply emotional personal story, not an opinion piece.

4. Content Type Dominance at Scale

The surprising finding: Meme flair has the highest average score (5,198) despite only 28 posts in the dataset. This means memes have an outsized per-post impact. However, Photography has the most consistent performance with a 0.98 average ratio -- virtually no downvote friction at all. Political posts have the lowest average ratio (0.93), meaning they generate the most controversy.

5. Content Archetypes That Work

Archetype 1: "The Mumbai Showcase" (Photography/Skyline/Aerial)

Score range: 3,324 - 8,783 Examples:

• "Mumbai skyline over the years" (8,783, 0.99)
• "Mumbai from UP there" (7,975, 0.99)
• "Mumbai City at 4 am. Captured from Dubai-Pune flight" (7,659, 0.97)
• "Life and Lifeline of Mumbai" (7,583, 0.98)
• "Marine Drive and it's different shades !!" (5,320, 1.0)

The pattern: Aerial/elevated shots, before-and-after skyline comparisons, golden hour/monsoon lighting, unique vantage points (flights, bridges, rooftops). These posts are universally loved (0.97-1.0 ratios) because they make Mumbaikars feel pride in their city. Zero controversy. The community rewards original photography of iconic locations from fresh angles.

Why it matters for distribution: If you have any product or project related to Mumbai, lead with a stunning visual of the city. Photography posts are the safest entry point to this community -- they build goodwill and followers with zero risk.

Archetype 2: "Infrastructure Rage" (Accountability/Exposing Failure)

Score range: 3,541 - 9,491 Examples:

• "One more metro slab is about to fall" (9,491, 0.99)
• "My friend Sanskruti Amin was killed by a falling concrete block" (8,863, 0.98)
• "Suspected crack on Metro 4 pillar (Mulund)" (6,196, 0.99)
• "A beam of concrete falls on a car in Mira Road" (6,106, 0.99)
• "Newly inaugurated Aqual Line gets flooded after heavy rains" (5,681, 0.96)

The pattern: Visual evidence (video or photo) of infrastructure failures -- metro cracks, flooding, collapsing slabs, pedestrian bridges with no exits. The community acts as a collective watchdog. The Mulund metro crack post (6,196) led to a follow-up "I Rest my case" post (4,041) when a slab actually fell 7 piers away, making the original poster a local hero.

Why it matters for distribution: Any project that addresses Mumbai's infrastructure problems (safety, construction quality, civic reporting tools) has a natural audience here. Frame your product as empowering citizens to document and report, not as a business pitch.

Archetype 3: "Only in Mumbai" Moments (Humor/Absurdity)

Score range: 4,655 - 14,818 Examples:

• "Current state of marine drive, people making reels every 20 meters" (14,818, 0.91)
• "Automatic doors be like.... bruh" (11,995, 0.97)
• "Saw this guy at thane station" (10,691, 0.99) -- man struggling on escalator
• "Hyperloop between Kalyan to Shilphata" (7,698, 0.99)
• "Byculla Station >> Singapore Changi Airport" (5,637, 0.98)

The pattern: Candid video captures of absurd, endearing, or chaotic moments unique to Mumbai. Trains, autorickshaws, stations, and public spaces. These are the highest-ceiling posts -- the top 3 all-time are this archetype. They work because they capture the "spirit of Mumbai" that residents both love and laugh at. The title must be understated or sarcastic, not over-explaining the joke.

Why it matters: This archetype is what makes content go viral beyond r/mumbai (high crosspost counts of 10-18). If your product or project intersects with daily Mumbai life (commute, food, public spaces), capturing these moments naturally is the ultimate stealth marketing.

Archetype 4: "Class Consciousness Rant" (Inequality/Cost of Living)

Score range: 3,580 - 8,442 Examples:

• "We lose so much of life in commute in Mumbai" (8,442, 0.98)
• "cried after coming home from coldplay" (6,627, 0.96, TEXT, 1,281 comments)
• "What 1crore can get you in Mumbai" (6,381, 0.99)
• "Keep paying more and more taxes" (6,839, 0.94)
• "Look at the rich celebrating the 'sprite of Mumbai'" (4,048, 0.96)

The pattern: Posts that expose the gap between Mumbai's "dream city" image and the grinding reality for middle-class residents. The Coldplay post (a 24-year-old woman earning 19k feeling inadequate among affluent concert-goers) generated 1,281 comments -- the highest engagement-per-score ratio in the dataset. The community deeply relates to financial anxiety and validates those feelings.

Why it matters: If your product solves a genuine cost-of-living or quality-of-life problem for Mumbai's middle class, frame it through this lens. "I was tired of spending 3 hours commuting, so I built X" will resonate far more than feature lists.

Archetype 5: "Citizen Journalism" (Crime/Scam Exposures)

Score range: 3,176 - 6,513 Examples:

• "Encounter with a Suspicious Cop Over a Vape in Mumbai" (5,805, 1.0) + follow-up "we got him" (5,201, 0.98)
• "Indians Abroad, Please stop embarrassing us" (6,513, 0.96)
• "My friend lost Rs.54,000 on first dating app meet" (3,253, 0.96, 994 comments)
• "Got scammed through dating app" (3,176, 0.94, 981 comments)
• "Some autowala handed over Ghana coin to my grandmother" (6,156, 0.97)

The pattern: Personal accounts of scams, fake cops, dating app fraud, petty crime. These generate massive comment threads (often 500-1,000+) as the community rallies to help, share similar experiences, and demand accountability. The fake cop vape post is exemplary -- it went viral, the community identified the perpetrator, and the follow-up "we got him" post became a community victory.

Why it matters: Safety and scam-awareness tools have a natural distribution path here. The community actively crowdsources solutions.

Archetype 6: "Communal/Language Tension" (Polarizing but High-Engagement)

Score range: 3,100 - 9,585 Examples:

• "Hypocrisy ki bhi koi seema hoti hai" (Gujarati community critique, 9,585, 0.92, locked)
• "Karnatakafication of Maharashtra needs to be studies" (4,736, 0.93, 1,357 comments)
• "Dombivli: Women thrashed for saying 'excuse me' in English" (3,100, 0.97, 579 comments)
• "MNS Workers Booked For Assaulting Sweet Shop Owner" (4,609, 0.93, locked)

The pattern: Posts touching on Marathi pride, language enforcement, Gujarati/Jain community tensions, and the MNS movement. These consistently generate the highest comment counts (often 500-1,300+) but also the lowest ratios (0.85-0.93) and are frequently locked by moderators. They are the subreddit's powder keg.

Why it matters for distribution: Avoid this archetype entirely unless your project specifically addresses language access or communal harmony. The downvote risk is real and mod action is swift.

6. Format Analysis

Visual content (IMAGE + VIDEO + GALLERY) accounts for 92% of the top 25 and 92% of all posts. This is one of the most visually dominant subreddits analyzed. TEXT posts are rare and must carry extreme emotional weight to perform (the Coldplay post, dating scam narratives, reverse culture shock stories).

What Format to Use For What

• City photography/beauty -> IMAGE (single striking shot) or GALLERY (3-5 varied angles)
• Documenting infrastructure failures -> VIDEO (raw, unedited, shot on phone)
• Absurd/funny moments -> VIDEO (candid capture, short, no production)
• Personal stories -> TEXT (long-form, emotionally honest)
• News/politics -> IMAGE (screenshot of article + opinion in selftext)
• Memes -> IMAGE (screenshot/photo of real-world humor, NOT generated memes)

What Makes a Good Video on r/mumbai

The top-performing videos share these production rules:

1. Raw and candid -- shot on phone, unedited, feels like you just happened to capture it
2. Show the absurdity without commentary -- the Marine Drive reels video (14,818) works because it lets the chaos speak for itself
3. Keep it short -- most viral videos are under 60 seconds
4. Include environmental sound -- the train singing video (6,787) works because you hear the real crowd reaction
5. No talking-head or produced content -- this community rejects anything that feels like a social media production

Gallery Posts

Gallery posts average 3-5 images and work best for: photography collections, before/after comparisons, scam evidence with receipts, and event documentation. The top gallery post (9,528 -- Ganpati celebrations) used multiple photos to capture the scale of the event.

7. Flair/Category Strategy

Raw Performance Ranking

1. Meme -- Highest avg score (5,198), 0.97 ratio. Safe and rewarding.
2. Discussion -- Second highest avg (4,348) but 0.96 ratio. More downvote friction on controversial topics.
3. General -- Workhorse flair (102 posts), 3,910 avg. Versatile and safe.
4. Political -- Strong scores (4,265 avg) but lowest ratio (0.93). High-risk, high-reward.
5. Photography -- 3,889 avg but 0.98 ratio. Safest flair in the subreddit.

Distribution Utility Ranking

1. Photography -- Best for building presence. Zero downvote risk. Consistent engagement. If you have any visual connection to Mumbai, start here.
2. General -- Most flexible flair. Community tips, hacks, experiences all fit here.
3. Discussion -- Best for generating conversation. Frame questions that invite the community to share opinions.
4. AskMumbai -- Underrepresented in the data but useful for "has anyone experienced X?" posts that naturally allow you to mention your project.
5. Meme -- High reward but requires genuine cultural understanding. Forced memes will fail.
6. Political -- Avoid for distribution purposes. Too polarizing and mods are quick to lock.

Pricing Model Hierarchy (if applicable)

The community does not discuss pricing models in the way r/macapps or r/saas does. However, inferred from content patterns:

1. Free/civic tools -- Highest acceptance. The dark stores mapper (1,044) was warmly received because it was free and useful.
2. Affordable/middle-class focused -- The community deeply identifies with middle-class struggle. Anything priced for the "common man" resonates.
3. Premium/luxury -- Will be actively mocked. The community has a chip on its shoulder about wealth inequality.

8. Title Engineering

Deconstructing the Top 10 Titles

1. "Current state of marine drive, people making reels every 20 meters" -- Specific location + specific absurd detail. Technique: observation-with-measurement.
2. "Automatic doors be like.... bruh" -- Casual, Gen-Z tone, minimal context that forces you to click. Technique: intriguing understatement.
3. "Saw this guy at thane station." -- Dead simple. No punchline in the title. Technique: withholding the payoff.
4. "Hypocrisy ki bhi koi seema hoti hai" -- Hindi/Hinglish cultural reference (Bollywood dialogue). Technique: cultural callback.
5. "Get ready for celebrations!" -- Generic but paired with Photography flair + stunning Ganpati gallery. Technique: let the visual do the work.
6. "One more metro slab is about to fall" -- Alarming, urgent, specific. Technique: civic alarm.
7. "Monsoon Lifeline" -- Two-word poetry. Technique: evocative brevity.
8. "Found on LinkedIn" -- Platform-crossing screenshot. Technique: curated content reference.
9. "The underbelly of Mumbai" -- Literary framing of video content. Technique: documentary tone.
10. "My friend Sanskruti Amin was killed by a falling concrete block" -- Personal, named victim, specific cause. Technique: humanizing the headline.

Title Formulas

Formula 1: "Location + Observation" (6 of top 25)

• "Current state of marine drive, people making reels every 20 meters" (14,818)
• "Saw this guy at thane station." (10,691)
• "Saw this in an Auto in Mulund" (8,761)

Formula 2: "Understated Humor/Sarcasm" (4 of top 25)

• "Automatic doors be like.... bruh" (11,995)
• "Hyperloop between Kalyan to Shilphata" (7,698)
• "Byculla Station >> Singapore Changi Airport" (5,637)
• "Nala Sopara station better than Imagica water park" (4,803)

Formula 3: "City Love Declaration" (5 of top 50)

• "Mumbai, you've captured my heart." (7,633)
• "Life and Lifeline of Mumbai" (7,583)
• "Mumbai from UP there" (7,975)

Formula 4: "Infrastructure Alarm" (4 of top 50)

• "One more metro slab is about to fall" (9,491)
• "Suspected crack on Metro 4 pillar (Mulund)" (6,196)
• "A beam of concrete falls on a car in Mira Road" (6,106)

Title Anti-Patterns

• No clickbait questions that sound like Quora -- Rule 7 explicitly bans this and mods enforce it. "What do you think about X?" as a title with no substance will be removed.
• No generic titles -- "I need help" or "What is happening" violate Rule 7. Mods require clear, specific, descriptive titles.
• No emojis in titles -- Rule 7 explicitly prohibits this (though some older posts predate enforcement).
• No titles in Hindi/Marathi only -- Rule 7 requires English titles for "consistency, searchability and clarity." Body text can be in any language with English translation.
• No editorialized news headlines -- Rule 4 requires factual titles for news. The 8,600-score Thakur College post succeeded because it was factual, not opinioned.

9. Engagement Patterns

If your goal is VISIBILITY: Use Photography or Meme format. These generate the highest upvote-to-effort ratios with minimal controversy.

If your goal is RELATIONSHIPS and community engagement: Post a personal story or ask a city-specific question under Discussion flair. The Coldplay post (6,627 score, 1,281 comments) and dating scam posts (3,253 score, 994 comments) show that emotional vulnerability generates the deepest engagement.

Top 5 highest-discussion topics (regardless of score):

1. Language/identity politics -- Marathi enforcement, MNS actions (1,000+ comments routinely)
2. Religious/communal tensions -- the Bandra advert post generated 2,817 comments at 7,536 score
3. Dating scams and relationship stories -- 593-1,281 comments
4. Food/restaurant debates -- "best breakfast" (680 comments), juice glass pricing (839 comments)
5. Public safety incidents -- women's safety on trains (1,616 comments), harassment incidents

10. What Gets Downvoted

Ratio Tiers

Notable Friction Posts (0.85-0.94 ratio)

Anti-Patterns (Named and Specific)

1. "The Communal Provocateur" -- Posts that frame one religious or ethnic community negatively generate the strongest downvote response. "Hypocrisy ki bhi koi seema hoti hai" (0.92) and the Jain kabutarkhana post (0.94) both triggered significant pushback despite high scores. The community will engage but also punish perceived bigotry.

2. "The Outsider Looking Down" -- "Am I the only one finding this advert weird" (0.84) and similar posts that come across as judging Mumbai from an outsider's perspective get friction. The community gatekeeps who gets to criticize.

3. "The MNS Apologist/Critic" -- Any post about Maharashtra Navnirman Sena language enforcement generates a near-50/50 split. MNS worker posts consistently land in the 0.91-0.94 ratio zone. The community is genuinely divided on language politics.

4. "The Virtue Signaling Title" -- Overly dramatic or preachy titles like "How many more years until people develop basic civic sense in India?" (0.95) generate mild friction. The community prefers show-don't-tell. Let the video speak; don't lecture in the title.

5. "The Wealth Humble-Brag" -- The "One thing I genuinely love about Mumbai is how nobody treats celebrities like gods anymore" post (0.93) generated friction because the selftext mentions "In LA I've seen rappers walking around" and "Beverly Hills" -- the community detected the flex.

6. "The Body/Lifestyle Policing" -- "A Drunk Girl at the Club Made Me Think Twice About the Nightlife Scenes" (0.96) is close to safe but the paternalistic framing ("do her parents even know where she is?") pushed some downvotes.

11. The Distribution Playbook

Phase 1: Pre-Launch (Weeks 1-4)

Build presence through photography. Post 2-3 stunning Mumbai photos over the course of a month. Aerial shots, golden hour Marine Drive, monsoon drama, heritage buildings. These generate 0.98+ ratios and build karma and recognition. Do NOT mention any product.

Engage in infrastructure threads. Comment on metro failure posts, flooding posts, traffic posts. Offer genuine observations. If your product relates to any civic issue, casually mention your background but never the product.

Learn the voice. r/mumbai speaks in Hinglish (Hindi-English mix with Marathi sprinkles). Titles should be casual, understated, and specific to locations. "Saw this near Andheri station" is the right register. "Check out this amazing thing!" is wrong.

Phase 2: Launch Day

Do NOT make a launch post. Rule 3 prohibits self-promotion. Any direct product post will be removed and may get you banned.

Instead, frame your content as one of these archetypes:

• "I built something because Mumbai frustrated me" -- Personal story format under Discussion flair. Lead with the problem (commute, housing, scams, pollution), then casually mention what you built as the solution. The dark stores mapper post (1,044, 0.99 ratio) is the template: "I mapped 4,000+ dark stores across India. 250+ in mumbai" -- it led with data, provided a free tool, and included a technical writeup link.
• "Can someone help me with X?" -- AskMumbai flair. Ask a genuine question that your product happens to solve. Let the community discover it.

Title format: Lowercase, casual, location-specific. No emojis. No superlatives. No "launching" or "introducing" language.

Post format: IMAGE or GALLERY showing the product in context of Mumbai life. Never a produced screenshot or marketing image -- make it feel like a real person's phone capture.

Phase 3: First 24-48 Hours

Respond to every comment personally. The community values engagement. Use Hinglish naturally. Reference specific Mumbai locations when relevant.

Handle criticism with self-deprecation. If someone questions your motives, acknowledge it: "Fair point, I know this looks promotional. Genuinely built this for myself first because [specific Mumbai problem]."

Common objections to prepare for:

• "This is just self-promotion" -> "I get that. Happy to delete if mods flag it. Genuinely wanted to share because [problem] has been driving me crazy"
• "Why is this on r/mumbai?" -> Tie it back to a specific Mumbai problem with specific locations
• "Who asked for this?" -> Reference a recent popular post about the problem your product solves
• "What's the catch? What's your business model?" -> Be completely transparent. The community respects honesty about monetization.

Phase 4: Ongoing Presence

Become a known contributor. Post photography regularly. Comment helpfully on scam awareness threads, infrastructure discussions, and AskMumbai questions. Build a post history that is 90% genuine community participation and 10% product-adjacent.

Follow-up posts. If your initial post got traction, post an update 2-4 weeks later: "Update on [thing I shared] -- here's what happened." The fake cop vape post (5,805) -> follow-up "we got him" (5,201) pattern shows the community loves resolution arcs.

Stealth distribution tactics:

• Participate in "what apps do you use" or "life hacks for Mumbai" threads and naturally mention your product
• Answer AskMumbai questions where your product is a legitimate answer
• When someone posts about a problem your product solves, comment with genuine help FIRST, then mention the tool

Score-Tier Calibration

Set realistic expectations:

• Photography/visual content: 1,000-5,000 is strong. 7,000+ is exceptional.
• Personal story posts: 2,000-5,000 is strong. 6,000+ requires genuine emotional resonance.
• Utility/tool shares: 1,000-2,000 is a win. The dark stores post hit 1,044 and that's a success story.
• News/political posts: 3,000-5,000 is strong. 8,000+ requires major Mumbai-specific events.

Post-Publication Measurement

• 0-2 hours, <50 upvotes: The post may not have cleared mod approval queue. Message mods politely.
• 2-4 hours, 100-500 upvotes: Healthy traction. Engage with every comment.
• 4+ hours, 500+: Strong performance. Stop engaging and let it grow organically.
• Ratio drops below 0.90: The community is pushing back. Check comments for signals and address concerns directly.
• Post gets locked: Mods detected communal/political heat. Do not repost.

12. Applying This to Any Project

Quick-Reference Checklist

1. Is my content primarily visual (photo or video)? If not, reconsider the format.
2. Does my title use a specific Mumbai location? It should.
3. Is my title in casual, lowercase English without emojis? Rule 7 requires this.
4. Am I leading with a problem that Mumbaikars actually face? Lead with the pain, not the solution.
5. Have I built at least 2-3 weeks of genuine community participation before sharing anything about my project?
6. Does my post feel like a person sharing something, not a brand launching something?
7. Am I prepared to be completely transparent about my business model if asked?
8. Have I removed all marketing language ("revolutionary", "game-changing", "introducing")?
9. Is there a free/accessible component that the community can use immediately?
10. Can I tie my product to one of the 6 archetypes (Photography, Infrastructure Rage, Only in Mumbai, Class Consciousness, Citizen Journalism, or avoid Communal Tension)?

Scenario-Based Launch Guides

If your product is free/open-source:

• Optimal launch formula: Post under General or Discussion flair with title format "I [built/mapped/tracked] [specific thing] for Mumbai -- [number] [data points]" + share the tool + include technical writeup link
• Key risk: Still violates Rule 3 technically. Frame as sharing a personal project, not promoting.

If your product uses one-time/lifetime pricing:

• Optimal launch formula: Do NOT mention pricing in the post. Share the tool as if it's free. If someone asks about pricing in comments, be honest: "It's [price] -- but the basic version is free. Built it because [Mumbai problem]."
• Key risk: Any mention of price in the post body triggers the "ad" alarm. Let pricing come up organically.

If your product uses subscription pricing:

• Optimal launch formula: This is the hardest sell. The community has strong anti-subscription sentiment (visible in the broader Indian Reddit ecosystem). Lead with a generous free tier. Never mention subscription in the post.
• Key risk: "Another subscription service" will get called out. Offer lifetime deals or Mumbai-specific discounts.

If your product was built with AI:

• Optimal launch formula: Mention AI casually in comments if asked, not in the title or post body. The "Do you think a large scale campaign like this would work?" post (4,271) mentioned using ChatGPT to create the poster and still got 0.99 ratio -- but only because the core idea was genuinely useful.
• Key risk: "AI slop" backlash is real but less intense on r/mumbai than on tech subreddits. The community cares about utility, not technology.

Cross-Posting Guidance

Based on existing analyses in the docs directory:

The same infrastructure failure video that gets 6,000 on r/mumbai might get 15,000 on r/india if reframed as a national governance failure rather than a local Mumbai issue. Conversely, the same photography post that gets 8,000 on r/mumbai will get 200 on r/india where text dominates.