I've been manually checking Reddit and HackerNews for 3+ hours every day looking for people asking about tools like mine. It's exhausting. So I tried the existing tools. **The problem?** They all fail at the same thing: **filtering out noise.** **Here's what I mean:** If you track the keyword "Apple" for your company: Current tools give you: * ❌ "Just made the best apple pie" * ❌ "Apple juice recommendations?" * ✅ "Looking for alternatives to Apple \[your competitor\]" * ❌ "Apple cider vinegar benefits" **Research shows 80-90% of social media data is noise.** Without proper filtering, social listening becomes useless. F5Bot (the free tool everyone uses) has a 50 alerts/day limit. Why? Because they can't filter effectively. Remove that cap and you'd drown in irrelevant mentions. BrandMentions users complain about "receiving too many emails with irrelevant keywords." **The pattern is clear: every tool can MONITOR. Almost none can FILTER well.** **So here's what I'm building into Leedsy:** **1. Boolean search + negative keywords (required, not optional)** * Track: "Apple" AND "software" * Exclude: "apple pie", "apple juice", "apple cider" **2. Platform-specific targeting** * Reddit: Choose specific subreddits only (r/SaaS, not r/food) * HackerNews: "Ask HN" and "Show HN" posts * Product Hunt: Specific categories **3. "Mark as irrelevant" feature** * You flag false positives * System learns what to filter for you specifically **4. Source blocking** * Ban spam domains * Block problematic accounts **The goal:** 3 platforms done exceptionally well > 10 platforms done poorly. I'm starting with Reddit, HackerNews, and Product Hunt because: * Free APIs (zero infrastructure cost) * High buying intent conversations * Where B2B SaaS buyers actually hang out **Why I'm sharing this now:** I'm opening a whitelist for people who've felt this pain. If you've ever: * Spent hours manually checking Reddit/HN * Tried F5Bot and got overwhelmed with noise * Paid for a tool and cancelled because of false positives You're exactly who I'm building this for. **Whitelist perks:** * 50% lifetime discount when we launch * 3 months free (first 100 signups only) * Direct input on filtering logic * Early access in 6-8 weeks **Comment "interested"** or visit [**leedsy.com**](http://leedsy.com) **Question for this sub:** Have you tried social listening tools before? What made you stop using them? (Genuinely asking - I want to build something people actually keep using)