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Show HN: mybf.io - platform for software reviews with social network aspect

10 pointsmelezhik10 comments

Hi!

Recently I've launched - mybfio.io - platform for software reviews with social network aspect.

Prehistory

Many great system are already in place that allow people to search and rate software products, including the site I am publishing this post on. However I have always felt that those systems are not specifically centered around product/software development lifecycle (releases, real users feedback over a product entire lifetime, so on) and often too broad or not designed specifically for that type of work, which is ok.

Why?

As an opensource author I would like to have constant real users feedback, not necessarily tied only to bugs and feature requests. And even if my project is not that big and not that promoted I still want my voice will be heard among myriads of other projects and to gain my own community.

Who?

Opensource authors seeking to build community around products they maintain

Users seeking for relevant and well maintained software to fit best theirs needs

What?

Welcome mybfi.io, see the "Principles" article on mybf.io site - https://mybf.io/article/Principles explaining some of those principles in more details.

PS The mybfio service is still in active development, things might change, but any feedback is valuable.

I think having the full mybutterflies.io URL is honestly better despite being longer. Most people will get “my boyfriend” from mybf. Just my 2 cents but I like the idea.

I had the same thought. Like the idea though, AlternativeTo is definititely a bit spotty. I've often wished for something like The Ruby Toolbox for things other than Ruby libraries.

Links for convenience:

https://mybf.io/ - main site, https://mybf.io/article/Principles - article

You may not have noticed that your post describes 3 different domains:

mybf.io

mybfio.io

mybfi.io

sorry, probably cache? could you please reload the page? there should be only one - #mybfio mention here, with the very first link pointing to https://mybf.io

ahhh, you mean HN post ... ))) ... yes you are right, unfortunately HN does not allow to change it now ...

I think alternativeto.net is the database of software that already exists, many people use, and it would be better to focus on developing and promoting it, instead of creating new sites from scratch.

Why would this be better?

If existence of a competitor stopped everyone from trying anything new, the web would be much more bland.

Even at this early stage, there's differentiation from alternativesto in their principles e.g. lack of downvote buttons, different qualification criteria for posting reviews.

This makes little sense. Almost everything has a site that already exists.

Alternativesto is old and has not improved much. I am yearning for a better alternative since iusethis has gone away.

Did you even look at mybf.io? alternative to serves an entirely different purpose.

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