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  "path": "/t/when-do-our-apps-surface-to-users-clarification-requested/1379612#post_3",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T03:38:16.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Good day @casey-chow,\n\nThanks again for engaging on this. I wanted to share a prioritized set of suggestions that we believe would materially improve app discovery, quality signals, and overall ecosystem health:\n\n  1. **User ratings across the board**\nAllow all users to rate apps. This creates a strong, scalable signal around quality and gives you better data to rank and surface apps effectively.\n\n  2. **Category sorting based on actual usage**\nRanking apps within categories based on real engagement (vs. primarily featuring established names) would better reflect what users are finding valuable and create a more merit-based ecosystem. I see the apps on the current store never change, are static and not related to actual ussage.\n\n  3. **Initial traffic seeding for new apps**\nNew apps shouldn’t sit at zero usage for extended periods. Even a small amount of guaranteed exposure would help overcome the cold-start problem and generate meaningful signals/data for openAI to analyze.\n\n  4. **Language-based filtering (default to user’s language)**\nLet users filter apps by language, with a default that prioritizes their primary language. This should significantly improve relevance and engagement.\n\n  5. **Leverage app metadata more effectively**\nDirect prompts included in our app’s metadata could play a larger role in indexing, categorization, and surfacing apps.\n\n  6. **“New apps” section**\nA dedicated section for recently launched apps would improve discovery and give builders an initial window to gain traction.\n\n  7. **Dedicated “Games” category**\nThis feels like a high-potential vertical that likely deserves its own category.\n\n\n\n\nAppreciate you taking this into consideration.\n\nBest,\n\nJonathan",
  "title": "When Do Our Apps Surface To Users? Clarification Requested"
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