I built a social listening tool that tells growth teams exactly which Reddit threads and TikTok comments to reply to — and when

Hey IH 👋

I've been heads-down building SignalMelo for the past few months, and I'm finally ready to share what I've made and get some honest feedback from this community.

The problem I kept running into

When you're trying to grow a product through community channels — Reddit, YouTube comments, TikTok, niche forums — the signal-to-noise ratio is brutal. You end up with a dozen open tabs, scattered alerts, and a growing list of "threads to reply to later" that never gets touched. By the time you get to them, the conversation is cold.

I tried piecing together Google Alerts + manual Reddit searches + a Notion database to track it all. It worked for about two weeks before it fell apart. I suspect most small growth teams have the same experience.

What SignalMelo does

It pulls signals from three places in one workflow:

Discussions — community thread monitoring (Reddit, niche forums). Surfaces high-intent posts ranked by reply urgency, not just recency.

Discovery — short-form video signals. Tracks creator content and comment sentiment around topics relevant to your product.

SEO Radar — Google search demand trends. Shows you what people are actively searching for before it hits the obvious dashboards.

The key thing is that all three run on the same prioritization rhythm. You set your product context once, and each listening run comes back ranked: reply now vs can wait. Each opportunity also ships with framing so you're not starting a reply from a blank page.

Where I am right now

The product is live at signalmelo.com. I'm actively onboarding early users and iterating fast based on feedback. Would love to hear from anyone who's tried to do this kind of community monitoring manually — what broke down for you, and what would make a tool like this actually worth paying for?

What I'm looking for

Honest takes. If this resonates with a problem you've had, I want to know. If the positioning is confusing or the use case feels too niche (or not niche enough), I really want to hear that too. This community has never been shy about telling founders the uncomfortable truth, and that's exactly why I'm posting here first.

Thanks for reading — happy to answer any questions below 🙏