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Hot Homescreen Apps

You can now see trending new apps from homescreens.

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Ⓜatt hartman
@matthartman · partner @betaworks
Hi @producthunt readers, @toby is talking about this on @_upclose now.

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Ⓜatt hartman
@matthartman · partner @betaworks
We've been internally testing a @homescreenapp algorithm at @betaworks to identify trending new apps on people's homescreens. We've already uncovered lots of great apps from indie developers so now we're ready to release hot new apps. It also surfaces trending apps early -- while we were testing, we saw Microsoft @Outlook shot up to trend #1, showing up on … See more
Toby Padilla
@toby · #Homescreen
For those interested in how this algorithm works: As we identify apps on homescreens, we note which ones are new to the community. Once one of the "new" apps is seen on a few (tweakable threshold) homescreens, it shows up on this new page, chronologically reverse ordered by when it was first discovered. We've found it to be very effective in terms of disco… See more
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Ⓜatt hartman
@matthartman · partner @betaworks
Hi @producthunt readers, @toby is talking about this on @_upclose now.
Andrew Bryk
@andrewjbryk · Work @Zenefits - Prev. @ngaleapp
@matthartman This is awesome! I'd love to be able to click on the tags to be able to sort and filter specific categories of apps (EX: I'm not big into games so would want to filter those out)
Harry Raymond
@harryraymond · Founder Drinkeasy, Product Hunt NYC
Good way to identify your app users too.