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title: "Blog | Mentio"
description: "Notes on social listening for developer-facing companies: monitoring Reddit, X, Hacker News and GitHub, what the tools cost, and how to wire mentions into Slack, webhooks and AI agents."
canonical: https://mentio.dev/blog/
markdown: https://mentio.dev/blog/index.md
last-updated: 2026-09-23T16:19:37.703Z
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# Blog | Mentio

> Notes on social listening for developer-facing companies: monitoring Reddit, X, Hacker News and GitHub, what the tools cost, and how to wire mentions into Slack, webhooks and AI agents.

Source: https://mentio.dev/blog/

Blog

# Notes on listening

Monitoring Reddit, X, Hacker News and GitHub: what the tools cost, what they miss, and how to get mentions where the work happens. [RSS](/blog/rss.xml)

-   [Playbooks](/blog/tag/playbooks/)
-   [Tools](/blog/tag/tools/)
-   [Platforms](/blog/tag/platforms/)
-   [Reddit](/blog/tag/reddit/)
-   [Alerts](/blog/tag/alerts/)
-   [APIs](/blog/tag/apis/)
-   [Claude Code](/blog/tag/claude-code/)
-   [Social listening](/blog/tag/social-listening/)
-   [X](/blog/tag/x/)

[![How to find customers on Reddit with Claude Code, five minutes a day](/blog/find-customers-on-reddit/cover.png)

Sep 14, 2026 · Playbooks

## How to find customers on Reddit with Claude Code (5 minutes a day, no spam)

Three prompts in Claude Code find the Reddit threads worth answering, draft honest replies and clean up for tomorrow. The routine, the rules that keep it out of spam, and what it costs.

](/blog/find-customers-on-reddit/)

[![](/blog/twitter-keyword-alerts/cover.png)](/blog/twitter-keyword-alerts/)

Sep 14, 2026

## [Twitter keyword alerts in 2026: what still works on X](/blog/twitter-keyword-alerts/)

X has no keyword alerts of its own, the API now bills per post read, and the free tools died with the old API. Every way left to monitor a Twitter account or a keyword, what each costs, and a five-minute setup.

-   [Platforms](/blog/tag/platforms/)
-   [X](/blog/tag/x/)
-   [Alerts](/blog/tag/alerts/)

[![](/blog/best-free-social-listening-tools/cover.png)](/blog/best-free-social-listening-tools/)

Sep 13, 2026

## [The 10 best free social listening tools in 2026 (and what each one misses)](/blog/best-free-social-listening-tools/)

Ten free ways to watch for brand mentions, from Google Alerts and F5Bot to Reddit and Hacker News feeds, what each one misses, and the free credit that comes with an API.

-   [Tools](/blog/tag/tools/)
-   [Social listening](/blog/tag/social-listening/)

[![](/blog/gummysearch-alternatives/cover.png)](/blog/gummysearch-alternatives/)

Sep 13, 2026

## [GummySearch alternatives in 2026: the Reddit tools left standing](/blog/gummysearch-alternatives/)

GummySearch closed on November 30, 2025. What it did, which tools now cover each job, and how to choose between free alerts, AI-scored monitoring and audience research.

-   [Tools](/blog/tag/tools/)
-   [Reddit](/blog/tag/reddit/)

[![](/blog/reddit-api-pricing/cover.png)](/blog/reddit-api-pricing/)

Sep 13, 2026

## [Reddit API pricing in 2026: is it free, what it costs, who gets access](/blog/reddit-api-pricing/)

The free tier and its 100 requests a minute, the $0.24 per 1,000 calls that ended third-party apps, the approval rule that now gates new access, and where the real cost of watching Reddit sits.

-   [Platforms](/blog/tag/platforms/)
-   [Reddit](/blog/tag/reddit/)
-   [APIs](/blog/tag/apis/)

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