The world needs more true content, not more AI.
AI made writing free, so writing stopped proving anything. What’s scarce is a real person who was there. AI’s job is to help you get heard, not to talk for you.
For anyone whose next opportunity is in a thread.
The customer, the client, the reader and the collaborator are all asking in public. Most of the time, nobody who knows the answer sees it in time.
Founders
Someone is asking for exactly what you built, right now.
Engineers
The debate about your stack is young, and nobody in it has shipped it.
Writers
A reader is asking for the essay you already wrote.
Experts
A buyer is asking about your specialty on LinkedIn.
Makers
A launch in your craft, before the comments fill up.
It listens. It tells you. You speak.
Tell it who you are
Your usernames, what you’ve built, what you know, and what you’d never talk about. That’s how it knows which threads are yours.
It reads
Reddit, Hacker News and new launches every ten minutes. LinkedIn and Substack every morning. Thousands of posts a day, so you don’t have to.
It tells you
When a thread is young and it’s yours: a WhatsApp message with where it is, how young it is, and the link. Nothing else.
You speak
In your own words. Lurker never writes a reply and never posts. Your voice is the whole point.
Every room, on one page.
Each morning your desks are set: one post and five conversations in every room. Messages arrive as threads appear; the app keeps the rest. Tick as you go.
Today’s desks.
HN 1,204 (+6) · Reddit 3,410 (+22) · LinkedIn 2,118 (+9) · Substack 340 (+4)
Examples. Your rooms, your people and your numbers.
Pick the rooms you want to be heard in.
One post and five conversations a day in each. From $25 a month, or all five for $99.
Hacker News
$29 a month
- Front-page threads in their first hours
- A link worth submitting, not on HN yet
- Never what to say. HN asks for humans
$25 a month
- Threads under 90 minutes old, in your subreddits
- Where to post today, rules checked
$25 a month
- Five people worth a comment today
- A nudge to post, in your own words
Substack
$25 a month
- Fresh Notes and posts from writers in your world
- A nudge to post a Note, in your own words
Product Hunt
$25 a month
- Big launches in your field, the moment they’re announced, before anyone hunts them
- A hunt kit for each: the facts, their images, the form
Late is invisible.
We measured it on our founder’s own Reddit account: every top-level comment, grouped by how long after the post he replied.
Best score in each group. One account, 30 top-level comments, read on 27 September 2026. Not a study. A reason to be early.
Not a scheduler. Not a reply bot.
| Lurker | Auto-posting tools | Refreshing feeds yourself | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finds threads while they’re young | Every ten minutes | No | Only when you happen to look |
| Who writes your replies | You | AI, in your name | You |
| Posts for you | Never | Yes | No |
| Logs in as you | Never | Usually | No |
| Sounds like you | Always. It is you | Rarely | Always |
| Time it takes | Minutes, when it matters | Minutes | Hours |
More true content, not more AI.
- It never posts.No likes, follows, votes or messages. You do the talking.
- It never writes your replies.A reply you didn’t write isn’t your voice.
- It never invents.No link it wasn’t shown, no number it wasn’t given.
- It never needs your password.It reads public pages, the way anyone can.
Asked and answered.
What is Lurker?
Lurker reads Reddit, Hacker News, LinkedIn, Substack and Product Hunt and tells you on WhatsApp while a conversation you belong in is young. It never posts.
Does it post for me?
No. It never posts, likes, follows, votes or messages, and it never writes a word for you. It tells you where to be; you go and be yourself.
Do I have to give it my passwords?
No. Lurker reads public pages and never logs in as you. It only needs your usernames, so it can see your own posts and scores.
How do I get the threads?
On WhatsApp, as they appear, and in a private web app with the day’s desks for every room you picked.
How early is early?
Reddit threads under 90 minutes old, and Hacker News stories in their first hours on the front page. The radar checks every ten minutes.
Can I choose my subreddits and topics?
Yes. When your room opens, you tell Lurker where you hang out, what you know, and the people you want to be seen by.
Why hunt other people’s products?
Because a small maker nobody has heard of gets seen when someone hunts them, and the hunter gets known for finding good things first. Everyone wins, honestly.
How much is it, and when does it open?
From $25 a month per room, Hacker News $29, or all five for $99. Lurker is in early access and isn’t taking payments yet: leave your email and we’ll tell you when your room opens.
Long time lurker? Be the first reply.
Pick your rooms and leave your email. We’ll tell you when they open.