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Eugen Rochko

Okay, it is a little strange that Mastodon still doesn't come up in Google Play Store search. Anyone know what could be the reason?

20 Apr 2022 at 15:08 | Open on mastodon.social
21 comments
Darren

@Gargron I noticed it takes a few days for apps to catch on. Maybe it's an anti-bot measure to prevent shady apps from being highlighted?

20 Apr 2022 at 15:10 | Open on mastodon.social
Farshid Hakimy / فرشید

@Gargron Maybe caching or something like that

20 Apr 2022 at 15:11 | Open on chaos.social
Lerk :verified:

@Gargron it shows up under "more results" right above the "Librem Social" app when searching for "Mastodon".

I assume Google doesn't think it's relevant (yet)

20 Apr 2022 at 15:16 | Open on comm.network
Eugen Rochko

Thanks for pointing it out; it does show up, just not on the first page of results. Presumably ranked low as a new app for now.

20 Apr 2022 at 15:16 | Open on mastodon.social
cybik :deifirev:

@Gargron actually, web search doesn't even show it yet.

It might be because of the Mature rating?

20 Apr 2022 at 15:39 | Open on sms.cybik.moe
mint

@Gargron it's ranked really low tho. took me 30 seconds to scroll to find it. let's hope we can get it higher

20 Apr 2022 at 15:52 | Open on mt.nightcore.monster
Jack McKracken

@Gargron
Make that the first few pages, couldn't find it at all in my play store and I scrolled for ages 🙈

20 Apr 2022 at 17:00 | Open on toots.cc
Gabor

@Gargron algorithmic suppression? 🤣

Did they say what their initial concerns were? (cos they took their time in approving it, didn't they? )

At any rate, more downloads should help... 🤷‍♂️

20 Apr 2022 at 15:18 | Open on fosstodon.org
Eugen Rochko

@gabor There was no communication before, during or after approval, just the approval

20 Apr 2022 at 15:20 | Open on mastodon.social
Gabor

@Gargron maybe it helps if many people rate and review? I just wrote one myself 👍🙂 and encourage people who like the app to do so!

20 Apr 2022 at 15:26 | Open on fosstodon.org
Kaito

@Gargron I found it but :oof: I had to scroll scroll scroll scroll scroll. If I wasn't incredibly determined I'd never have reached it.

20 Apr 2022 at 15:26 | Open on ajin.la
polarity 🇩🇪

@Gargron too much search request by one guy? 😆

20 Apr 2022 at 15:26 | Open on mastodon.social
Bernie Sanders

@Gargron

It showed up for me. Nice app so far.

20 Apr 2022 at 15:44 | Open on mastodon.online
ReminiCrush

@Gargron it does show..but you have to scroll almost to the bottom.

20 Apr 2022 at 16:07 | Open on mastodon.social
daniele

@Gargron I had to look it up on Google to find the Play Store link

20 Apr 2022 at 16:12 | Open on livellosegreto.it
slimehunter

@Gargron Guess we have to grease the wheels of big tech.

20 Apr 2022 at 16:18 | Open on mastodon.social
Christopher W. Dolunt

@Gargron I'm guessing once we get some more installs it will rise in the rankings. I used a direct link on my browser to find it - not ideal. It looks great though!

20 Apr 2022 at 17:36 | Open on mastodon.social
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@Gargron probably google tries to slow down the spread of #mastodon on #google #playstore #android

21 Apr 2022 at 7:32 | Open on mastodon.social
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