Likely so you could see things other people have open-sourced that you might not have before. It would probably be most useful for getting ideas of what people

Likely so you could see things other people have open-sourced that you might not have before. It would probably be most useful for getting ideas of what people have made rather than finding projects to contribute to, since a lot of these will be abandoned projects. (Or you could see where people contribute their time) I think seeing profiles of "active" users might be more helpful.