What I think by that is that the core is messages, karma system, creating public communities. The different features on top are stuff like voice messages, file sharing, making polls, creating private communities with encryption that are hugely scalable.

And yes, it's kind of a clash of reddit and Slack if you will.

Feel free to ask more questions :)

Hmmm, so far it sounds like a kitchen sink with too much going on and yet not enough to differentiate from others to attract users. I would highly recommend reading this:

https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2019/2/19/status-as-a-service