• Rogers@lemmy.ml
    291·
    3 months ago

    The bot should at least pick from a pool of apps new enough to run on the latest 2 versions of Android. There’s a lot of ancient apps that haven’t been updated in ages.

    • d_k_bo@feddit.de
      72·
      3 months ago

      The bot could just filter out any update that didn’t receive an update in the last ~1 year.

      • 56!@lemmy.ml
        9·
        3 months ago

        There are many good apps that don’t receive/need regular updates anymore. Besides, giving them more attention might encourage new contributions.

        Edit: maybe we can make an exception for this though:

  • Corroded@leminal.spaceEnglish
    281·
    3 months ago

    That’d be neat. I feel like that could definitely add to the community growth and engagement.

    If I saw an app that I used regularly I’d definitely be willing to enthuse about it and talk about issues I’ve encountered.

    • technomad@slrpnk.netEnglish
      31·
      3 months ago

      Could that same bot (or a different bot even) be relegated to doing ‘best of’ lists or ‘featured’ based on different metrics like ‘most commented’? Just a thought

  • GravitySpoiled@lemmy.mlEnglish
    271·
    3 months ago

    Random isn’t good.

    A weekly post asking about the users fav apps or fav new apps. Or updates of apps and what’s new in them.

    • pkill@programming.dev
      122·
      3 months ago

      Imo random is good if you limit it to stuff compatible with Android 12 or newer, because there is a ton of legacy stuff that might have security or usability issues and any bugs would not be resolved

    • Possibly linuxOPEnglish
      92·
      3 months ago

      A random selection once a week can reveal interesting apps

    • donio@lemmy.world
      31·
      3 months ago

      Maybe a stickied thread with suggestions and each week pick the highest voted one that hasn’t been discussed yet.

    • Possibly linuxOPEnglish
      31·
      3 months ago

      Because it is tedious and would only reveal a handful of apps. It would be nice to get a random app as once in a while it might be something you want to use.

  • Sunny' 🌻@slrpnk.net
    5·
    3 months ago

    This could also be a weekly engagement thing, but from the users? For example, a weekly thread called “This Week’s Discovery”. And then people can suggest their findings and share experiences.

  • 56!@lemmy.ml
    3·
    3 months ago

    Here is a list of apps (taken from the names of metadata/*.yml files on the f-droid gitlab): apps.txt (pastebin)

    Choose one at random:

    #!/usr/bin/env python
import random
names = open("apps.txt").readlines()
print("https://f-droid.org/en/packages/"+random.choice(names)[:-1]+"/")