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I built a website to see business reviews from friends

I built a website to see business reviews from friends

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.
Category
Social
Target Audience

Local service seekers tired of fake online reviews

Similar To

Nextdoor · Facebook Recommendations · Yelp

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.

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