I don't understand how a site like this really helps people find something that they're interested in, which has a good community, and is something that they wo

I don't understand how a site like this really helps people find something that they're interested in, which has a good community, and is something that they would specifically want to be involved in. It just looks like data overload to me and it biases everything towards the ultra-large projects which for new contributors can be overwhelming (unless said project has a lot of effort in mentoring/on-boarding/etc). I'm not sure how you would present the information on this site in a way which would better lead to quality interactions between newcomers and existing projects, but as it stands it comes off to me as a jumbled list.