Design a product discovery system for a marketplace search and browse experience.

Instruction: Design the operating system. Cover inputs, review cadence, decision rules, owners, tradeoffs, and success metrics.

Context: Tests whether the candidate can design a repeatable operating model with decision rules, tradeoffs, and measurable outcomes.

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I would organize discovery around buyer search/browse intents and seller supply conditions. A shared backlog would combine failed queries, browse abandonment, purchases/cancellations, relevance judgments, buyer interviews and seller feedback, segmented by intended audience and supply availability. Clicks are diagnostic evidence, not a complete definition of value.

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