Telegrin looks for leads in seven channels: Telegram, Threads, LinkedIn, Reddit, X (Twitter), Bluesky and Hacker News. A single campaign can work in several of them at once - results from every channel arrive in one shared Feed.
The channels are available on any plan. They differ in three things: whether your own account is needed, how the search works, and whether Telegrin can send the reply for you.
Quick comparison
| Telegram | Threads | X (Twitter) | Bluesky | Hacker News | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your account needed | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Where it searches | In the chats your account is already in | Across all of Threads | Across all of LinkedIn | Across all of Reddit, or in selected subreddits | Across all of X (Twitter) | Across all of Bluesky | Across all of Hacker News |
| Keywords | A filter, optional | They are the search query | They are the search query | They are the search query | They are the search query | They are the search query | They are the search query |
| Reply | We send it: as a DM or in the chat | We send it: as a comment under the post | You copy and publish it yourself | You copy and publish it yourself | You copy and publish it yourself | You copy and publish it yourself | You copy and publish it yourself |
| How often we check | In real time | Every 1-12 hours | Every 1-12 hours | Every 1-12 hours | Every 1-12 hours | Every 1-12 hours | Every 1-12 hours |
| Collecting a message or post | Free | Free | 1 credit | 1 credit | 1 credit | 1 credit | 1 credit |
| Reactions to your own posts | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Telegram
The deepest channel. Telegrin connects to your account and reads the chats you pick yourself from the list of groups the account is already in. This is not a search across all of Telegram - it is live listening to your chats, which is why a signal usually shows up in the feed within a minute.
Keywords here are optional: if you do not add any, AI checks every message in the selected chats by meaning.
On the channel card you can choose what to watch:
- Chats - we look for people in groups. A message like that becomes a lead you can reply to.
- Channel posts - we watch posts in the channels your account follows. These are news on your topic, not leads: a post has no human author, so there is nothing to reply to.
- Both - in one campaign, each with its own source list.
Telegram is the only channel where Telegrin can see who reacted to or replied to your own post. Details are in the article "Tracking your own posts".
Threads
A search across all of Threads through official Meta access. Here keywords are the search query, so at least one is required.
A connected Threads account is needed both to create a campaign and to publish replies. A reply in Threads is a public comment under the post that was found; there are no direct messages in this channel.
ℹ️ Note: the check frequencies available on Threads depend on how many keywords you have - Meta limits the number of searches per day. With many keywords, frequent checks become unavailable, and Telegrin says so directly in the campaign settings. We do not cap the number of keywords - we only suggest checking less often.
LinkedIn, Reddit, X (Twitter), Bluesky and Hacker News
These channels work the same way and need no connection at all - Telegrin searches them on its own.
Keywords here are the search query too, so at least one is required.
We do not send the reply. The agent drafts the comment text, you press Copy comment and publish it yourself. Any other channel works the same way until we learn to publish for you.
You can narrow the search and save credits at the setup stage:
- LinkedIn - author filters: industry and company. Posts that fail the filter are dropped before credits are spent.
- Reddit - a list of subreddits. If you name none, we search all of Reddit, so the AI checks far more posts and uses more credits (still 1 credit per checked post).
⚠️ Important: on LinkedIn, Reddit, X (Twitter), Bluesky and Hacker News a credit is charged for every post the AI checks - 1 credit per post, not only for the ones that turn into leads. A check that finds nothing is free. So tighter filters and rarer checks save you real money here.
💡 Tip: after 12 empty checks in a row a campaign pauses itself because its keywords are matching nothing. If that happens, review your keywords: most likely they are too narrow.
What to pick at the start
- Your audience sits in specialist Telegram groups you have access to - start with Telegram: collecting there is free.
- You sell B2B and want to reach people outside your own chats - add LinkedIn with industry filters.
- Your niche is actively discussed in communities - add Reddit, and be sure to name the subreddits.
- You run a public Threads account - add Threads: collecting there is free too, and you can reply straight away.