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Daily Reddit flow for an indie dev

Total: ~15 min a day + 30 min for the weekly post + 30 min once a month. The why: docs/01-strategy.md.

Every day (≈15 min)

When Minutes Do Output
Morning or lunch 5 Check F5Bot alerts + your 3–5 subreddits sorted by new (04-finding-threads.md) 2–3 threads in the tracker
Right after 10 Answer them (05-comment-playbook.md, or /social-reddit reply) 2–3 answers, product mentioned in at most 1 of 10
Evening 2 Reply to anyone who answered you Conversations alive

Once a week (≈30 min, from week 3)

  1. Pick one subreddit you haven't posted in this month, and one variant it allows.
  2. Write it against that subreddit's page in docs/subreddits (/social-reddit post <sub>), save it as a post file.
  3. Post when the subreddit is awake, then stay for the first hour and answer every comment.
  4. Sunday (10 min): fill weekly numbers; apply the stop rules.

Once a month (≈30 min)

  • Re-check the rules of every subreddit you'll post in next month; refresh any wiki page older than 60 days with the rules script.
  • Pin your best post of the month on your profile; check the social links still work logged out.
  • Drop a subreddit that brought nothing for 2 months; add one from research-where-users-ask.

Daily checklist (copy into your notes)

[ ] alerts + "new" checked
[ ] 2–3 answers written (product in ≤ 1 of 10, disclosed)
[ ] replied to replies
[ ] tracker updated