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Uh you're high. You're in a bubble... Quantcast: http://www.quantcast.com/profile/trafficGraph?wunit=wd%3Anet.sourceforge&wunit1=wd:com.github&drg=&dty=pp&gl=6

by axod 16y ago

Uh you're high. You're in a bubble... Quantcast: http://www.quantcast.com/profile/trafficGraph?wunit=wd%3Anet.sourceforge&wunit1=wd:com.github&drg=&dty=pp&gl=6mo&reachType=period&dtr=dm&width=522&country=UK&ggt=large&showDeleteButtons=true&v=-1957318692 http://www.quantcast.com/profile/trafficGraph?wunit=wd%3Anet... Trends: http://trends.google.com/websites?q=sourceforge.net,+github.com&sa=N http://trends.google.com/websites?q=sourceforge.net,+github.... Alexa: http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?&w=400&h=220&o=f&c=1&y=r&b=ffffff&n=666666&r=2y&u=sourceforge.net&&u=github.com&#38 http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?&w=400&h=220&o=f&...; By what measure are you talking about? Ah of course. The "It's shiny new so hot right now within my small circle of friends!" metric.

rimantas 16y ago
Is "projects moving to github" good enough measure for you?
- axod 16y ago
  Only if it's backed up by data, but traffic is increasing to sourceforge, not decreasing.
pjhyett 16y ago
The vast majority of the traffic that hits Sourceforge is there to download software, not contribute to the projects. When we spoke to them a few years ago, they said their main competitor was Downloads.com not us (GitHub). Don't get too caught up using graphs to assume relevancy, Myspace still gets a lot of traffic.
- axod 16y ago
  and traffic = mindshare = $$$ My point was that "Github has won against sf" is a rather naive comment. And as you rightly point out, github and sourceforge aren't really in competing markets anyway - making the original comment even more nonsensical.
  - axod 16y ago
    > Don't get too caught up using graphs to assume relevancy, Myspace still gets a lot of traffic. Also not sure what you mean. Traffic == relevancy. If something gets a lot of users, surely by the definition of the word, it's 'relevant'. Sounds like crazy valley bubble talk to me.

by axod 16y ago

rimantas 16y ago

Is "projects moving to github" good enough measure for you?

axod 16y ago
Only if it's backed up by data, but traffic is increasing to sourceforge, not decreasing.

pjhyett 16y ago

The vast majority of the traffic that hits Sourceforge is there to download software, not contribute to the projects. When we spoke to them a few years ago, they said their main competitor was Downloads.com not us (GitHub). Don't get too caught up using graphs to assume relevancy, Myspace still gets a lot of traffic.

axod 16y ago
and traffic = mindshare = $$$ My point was that "Github has won against sf" is a rather naive comment. And as you rightly point out, github and sourceforge aren't really in competing markets anyway - making the original comment even more nonsensical.
- axod 16y ago
  > Don't get too caught up using graphs to assume relevancy, Myspace still gets a lot of traffic. Also not sure what you mean. Traffic == relevancy. If something gets a lot of users, surely by the definition of the word, it's 'relevant'. Sounds like crazy valley bubble talk to me.