Find users on LinkedIn

By DROP · Published 2026-09-17 · Updated 2026-09-27

Find people who need your product in public LinkedIn posts — founders asking for tools, intros, and switches.

Short answer. A public LinkedIn request can show a relevant problem, but it does not establish budget, purchasing authority or timing. Paid DROP monitoring can include accessible public LinkedIn posts alongside X.

Look for the job post, not the thought-leadership thread

“What do you use for X?” is a candidate to review. Confirm the task and constraints; an author requesting recommendations is not automatically a qualified buyer. A generic mindset carousel provides little matching evidence.

Public only

DROP reads public posts. It is not a LinkedIn Sales Navigator replacement and it does not open private InMail.

One radar, several networks

You still paste one site. The listen can cover X, Reddit, LinkedIn, and Threads so you do not run four tools.

A business question is not a budget

Illustrative exercise — not a real customer result.

Worth checking: “How do other agencies export weekly client reports?” gives a reporting task to investigate.

Do not count: The author’s senior job title does not prove budget, authority, urgency or permission to contact them.

Next step: Check publicly stated constraints and whether the question remains open before suggesting a solution.

Try it step by step

Start with the product’s public website so its current capabilities are clear.
Inspect collected public posts for a specific job and author-owned evidence rather than a broad job title.
Check the original context and source status. Public availability and provider completion affect what can be collected.

Using DROP for this task

DROP is a social listening and customer discovery tool for product makers and content creators. Paid monitoring supports 4 platforms: X, Reddit, LinkedIn and Threads. Focus includes up to 500 post reads per paid period; Growth includes up to 3,000. Reads are not guaranteed leads. The initial logged-in preview samples X and Reddit.

Inspect a product example · Inspect a creator example · Pricing and limits. Both examples are fictional and need no login. Read a real DROP snapshot with original-source excerpts and limitations.

Does DROP search private LinkedIn activity?

No. It uses accessible public posts. It does not access private messages or promise access to every profile or post.

Can I assume a job title means buying intent?

No. A title does not establish a current need, budget or authority to buy. Look for an explicit request or documented problem.