hope this post wont sink by the threads posts : D

first of all why

I was scrolling through aurora store and wished if i could reply to the ratings so i could help/instruct them.
We have both suitable platforms for discussions and app uploading. The only thing that hinders is the integration. With those features f-droid would be miles ahead of playstore And towards the major question.

how

idonno (notadev) Please comment if you have ideas. Is gitlab/github/codeburg/gitea accounts enough for these kinda discussion?

  • Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Cool idea! THis should be more broadly discussed. After some discussion here, where could we share it with the F-Droid community? Is there a forum or such?

    My five cents: The problem I see is account stuff. You can use F-Droid without an account, and do not want to require an account for ratings. Yet, having no accounts, it is incredibly easy to manipulate votings.

    I would probably prefer a “Git Issue”-like thread for every app, where you have to register. This allows for

    • Deeper conversation, more insightful reviews, instead of “3 starts, UI ugly” (let’s face it, this is not the reason why we use F-Droid)
    • Pointing out code lines in the source code. This could help with bug fixes, malicious stuff, etc.
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