All projects that I have closely observed that went to GitHub for FOMO have NOT gotten more contributions afterwards. Among the real reasons are: 1) Every OSS

All projects that I have closely observed that went to GitHub for FOMO have NOT gotten more contributions afterwards. Among the real reasons are: 1) Every OSS project has its bureaucrats who contribute a modest amount of code but want to have an immodest amount of power. For these bureaucrats GitHub is like heaven: They appear productive, have power to silence discussions etc. 2) They work for someone or know someone who is associated with GitHub or in the Microsoft embracing strike force. 3) Legitimate reason: They want to show their employers a metric how much they contribute. I'm pretty cynical about the current state of OSS. Major idealistic contributions are a thing of the past. It is all about attaching oneself to a project, get hired somewhere and then stop contributions.