Cited-thread signature 100 pts
Direct, structured answer in the first paragraph
Question-form title (ends in ?, opens with what/best/which/how)
Named entities: products, versions, endpoints
Text self-post, not a link or image share
A concrete metric, number or stat
Low off-topic noise, high semantic density
Clear purchase or problem-solution intent
Thread citability
0/100
-SkippedBorderlineCited-ready
A weighted check of the structural signature AI engines reward in Reddit threads. Upvotes are deliberately excluded: 80% of cited B2B threads have under 20 upvotes. Real citation depends on engine, recency and competition.
How this works
An LLM does not read a Reddit thread the way a human does. It is indifferent to karma and awards; it scores candidates by semantic density and answer directness. Across 248,000 cited Reddit URLs, the winners share a signature: a question title, a text self-post, a direct answer placed early, and named entities with a metric. This scorecard weights those factors and ranks your biggest fixes. Votes are not on the list on purpose, 80% of cited threads have fewer than 20 upvotes.