Hi!<p>Recently I've launched - mybfio.io - platform for software reviews with social network aspect.<p>Prehistory<p>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.<p>Why?<p>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.<p>Who?<p>Opensource authors seeking to build community around products they maintain<p>Users seeking for relevant and well maintained software to fit best theirs needs<p>What?<p>Welcome mybfi.io, see the "Principles" article on mybf.io site - https://mybf.io/article/Principles
explaining some of those principles in more details.<p>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 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.