I built a website to see business reviews from friends

Name: I built a website to see business reviews from friends
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Author: pbanchik

by pbanchik·Apr 9, 2026·2 points·0 comments

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AI Analysis

●MidShip ItSolve My Problem

Yelp for your friends list, but breaking incumbent network effects is brutal.

Strengths

•Granular privacy controls let you hide specific reviews from specific followers.
•Contact sync onboarding reduces friction for building your initial trust network.
•Clear focus on private recommendations avoids the spam of public review sites.

Weaknesses

•Cold start problem: platform is useless until your friends join and review.
•Facebook Recommendations and Nextdoor already solve 'friends-only' local discovery at scale.

Post Description

I was looking for a business going through reviews when I thought it would be nice if I could see reviews from people I knew, so I built this. To mimic the privacy from recommendations from friends only people that follow you can see your reviews and you can even hide specific reviews from specific followers.