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I think it does kind of in the way they say, but the real issue is that github has been a frozen project for like a decade. It's terrible at sorting, aggregatio
by stuntkite 8y ago
I think it does kind of in the way they say, but the real issue is that github has been a frozen project for like a decade. It's terrible at sorting, aggregation, ranking, sharing, and recovery of interesting things. It barely extends the existing git features. I'm not going to hold my breath for MS to make it actually better, but I am 100% certain that the inertia of open source projects would be greatly helped by a thoughtful way to just do and display basic tagging and project exploration history.
Yes I know github tags exist (and git tags and branches), and I've found things that I wouldn't of found otherwise, but personal and maybe color coded tagging of my own stars and forks. Maybe a view timelines of my own exploration and groups them by the stats created by other people's tags. To say nothing of producing a feed that was even just a rip off of 2005 facebook's wall with accessory discussion. This could totally still be kept in repo if need be.
Long story long, stars is all we got. They suck. So do forks. It's probably not going to improve when it merges with Skype. What are we doing next?
- threeseed 8y agoHave you signed up to the Dashboard beta ? There are some discovery elements to it. It's definitely an area they should improve in but I am not sure necessarily how many people are looking to discover new open source projects.
- stuntkite 8y agoI haven't! I guess I should check that out. Really on the projects? Because I look at dozens weekly. Finding "that thing I saw that one time" is more often than not a painfully futile exercise on github. I can usually suss it out via google, but I think that says all I'm trying to say right there.