Create a community forum platform where users can create discussion threads, reply to posts, vote on content, build reputation, and moderators can manage the community.

Project Checklist

• Create forum categories and subcategories
• Implement thread creation and display
• Build reply/comment system with nesting
• Add upvote/downvote functionality
• Create user profiles with reputation scores
• Implement basic moderation tools

Bonus Project Checklist Items

• Add thread tagging and search
• Implement thread locking and pinning
• Create badge/achievement system
• Add markdown support for rich text
• Implement thread subscriptions and notifications
• Add spam detection and auto-moderation

Inspiration (Any companies/libraries similar)

• Reddit
• Stack Overflow
• Discourse

Hint/Code snippet to start

// Thread model
const threadSchema = {
  title: String,
  content: String,
  authorId: ObjectId,
  categoryId: ObjectId,
  upvotes: Number,
  downvotes: Number,
  createdAt: Date
};

// Vote on thread
async function voteThread(threadId, userId, voteType) {
  await db.votes.upsert({
    threadId,
    userId,
    voteType
  });
  await updateThreadScore(threadId);
  await updateUserReputation(userId, voteType);
}