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>I’d also be interested to see more social network-like features on GitHub.I wouldn’t be opposed to a GitHub NewsFeed This would genuinely make me migrate off

>I’d also be interested to see more social network-like features on GitHub.I wouldn’t be opposed to a GitHub NewsFeed This would genuinely make me migrate off github permanently, both for personal projects and work. >project chat IRC/Slack/Discord already exist >or even DMs A new avenue for recruiter spam? No thank you.

lwheelock 6y ago
> This would genuinely make me migrate off github permanently, both for personal projects and work. A-men.
- caymanjim 6y ago
  I recently set up a LinkedIn profile after avoiding them for many years, and was horrified to discover that there's now a "Facebook wall" feature, replete with all the horrible political conversations that made me abandon Facebook. It's totally in-your-face, too; it's the default home page and the default Android app page. I don't want to see what people I've connected on LinkedIn have to say about, well, anything. I only maintain social connections there to help me network with potential employers. I'm deleting my LinkedIn profile as soon as I connect with my next employer.
  - cmdshiftf4 6y ago
    Unless recruiting or sales is part of your job, the best approach to LinkedIn is to set your profile up well, connect with the people you know and then go to Settings & Privacy -> Communications and switch on email notifications for direct messages you receive. Then you'll only ever have to login should you get an email about a message you might be interested in replying to. There is absolutely nothing of value on LinkedIn for the average person beyond being a place to host your resume for discovery.
    - olcor 6y ago
      You don’t even need to log in for replying to messages. IIRC you can just reply to the email and that would get relayed.
  - fuckyah 6y ago
    f it
  - Animats 6y ago
    Did not know that. Glad I dumped LinkedIn two years ago.
  - rileyt 6y ago
    I wanted an online resume and refused to sign up for LinkedIn, so I built https://standardresume.co https://standardresume.co. It's free to use the web version and can automatically import the data from your LinkedIn profile. I'm curious to hear your thoughts if you have a few minutes to check it out.
save_ferris 6y ago
Agreed. HN and reddit are way better at helping me find repos that are relevant to my skill set and interest. It’s like the author doesn’t even try to utilize these other social spaces that have already largely solved this problem. Sometimes I come across people whose idea of a perfect world is an app that knows exactly what to show them and when without any curiosity or effort, and it blows my mind. That is my hell.
- imtringued 6y ago
  I've spent a few hours on Github trying to find projects. The explore feature is absolutely useless.
- pydry 6y ago
  I find HN and Reddit largely useless for finding new and interesting code. The Reddit python subreddit is truly awful - it's just beginners sharing their first projects. Whereas HN is largely biased to what's extremely popular and/or "cool".
  - save_ferris 6y ago
    Have you tried r/coolgithubprojects? There are a ton of great projects in that sub and you can filter by language, and they’re not all trendy.
    - pydry 6y ago
      I have. I like it but it's a shame it's not a bit more active.
smichel17 6y ago
> > project chat > IRC/Slack/Discord already exist Or even closer: gitter! Or just set up an irc/matrix room for your project.
- RMPR 6y ago
  > Or even closer: gitter! I don't like their (electron) desktop app, I always end up using the IRC bridge if any
asicsp 6y ago
>IRC/Slack/Discord already exist There's a discussion feature on beta (see https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/discussions https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/discussions for example) I'd definitely like this to become public soon
- johnisgood 6y ago
  This would make GitHub Issues a bit more clean for sure. Lots of people use it for asking questions/for help instead of reporting actual issues/bugs.
  - darkwater 6y ago
    As somebody who is guilty of this, my rationale is this: I went to slack/discord/IRC channels, asked for help and... almost no answer. Ask the same question in a comment of a popular issue or a new issue, and you get your answer (with some delay). The thing is that GH issues have replaces mailing lists/usenet for this kind of questions since the friction is way lower, it's async and the question goes to the right people.
    - RMPR 6y ago
      >The thing is that GH issues have replaces mailing lists/usenet for this kind of questions Laughing in LKML

lwheelock 6y ago

> This would genuinely make me migrate off github permanently, both for personal projects and work. A-men.

caymanjim 6y ago
I recently set up a LinkedIn profile after avoiding them for many years, and was horrified to discover that there's now a "Facebook wall" feature, replete with all the horrible political conversations that made me abandon Facebook. It's totally in-your-face, too; it's the default home page and the default Android app page. I don't want to see what people I've connected on LinkedIn have to say about, well, anything. I only maintain social connections there to help me network with potential employers. I'm deleting my LinkedIn profile as soon as I connect with my next employer.
- cmdshiftf4 6y ago
  Unless recruiting or sales is part of your job, the best approach to LinkedIn is to set your profile up well, connect with the people you know and then go to Settings & Privacy -> Communications and switch on email notifications for direct messages you receive. Then you'll only ever have to login should you get an email about a message you might be interested in replying to. There is absolutely nothing of value on LinkedIn for the average person beyond being a place to host your resume for discovery.
  - olcor 6y ago
    You don’t even need to log in for replying to messages. IIRC you can just reply to the email and that would get relayed.
- fuckyah 6y ago
  f it
- Animats 6y ago
  Did not know that. Glad I dumped LinkedIn two years ago.
- rileyt 6y ago
  I wanted an online resume and refused to sign up for LinkedIn, so I built https://standardresume.co https://standardresume.co. It's free to use the web version and can automatically import the data from your LinkedIn profile. I'm curious to hear your thoughts if you have a few minutes to check it out.

save_ferris 6y ago

Agreed. HN and reddit are way better at helping me find repos that are relevant to my skill set and interest. It’s like the author doesn’t even try to utilize these other social spaces that have already largely solved this problem. Sometimes I come across people whose idea of a perfect world is an app that knows exactly what to show them and when without any curiosity or effort, and it blows my mind. That is my hell.

imtringued 6y ago
I've spent a few hours on Github trying to find projects. The explore feature is absolutely useless.
pydry 6y ago
I find HN and Reddit largely useless for finding new and interesting code. The Reddit python subreddit is truly awful - it's just beginners sharing their first projects. Whereas HN is largely biased to what's extremely popular and/or "cool".
- save_ferris 6y ago
  Have you tried r/coolgithubprojects? There are a ton of great projects in that sub and you can filter by language, and they’re not all trendy.
  - pydry 6y ago
    I have. I like it but it's a shame it's not a bit more active.

smichel17 6y ago

> > project chat > IRC/Slack/Discord already exist Or even closer: gitter! Or just set up an irc/matrix room for your project.

RMPR 6y ago
> Or even closer: gitter! I don't like their (electron) desktop app, I always end up using the IRC bridge if any

asicsp 6y ago

>IRC/Slack/Discord already exist There's a discussion feature on beta (see https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/discussions https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/discussions for example) I'd definitely like this to become public soon

johnisgood 6y ago
This would make GitHub Issues a bit more clean for sure. Lots of people use it for asking questions/for help instead of reporting actual issues/bugs.
- darkwater 6y ago
  As somebody who is guilty of this, my rationale is this: I went to slack/discord/IRC channels, asked for help and... almost no answer. Ask the same question in a comment of a popular issue or a new issue, and you get your answer (with some delay). The thing is that GH issues have replaces mailing lists/usenet for this kind of questions since the friction is way lower, it's async and the question goes to the right people.
  - RMPR 6y ago
    >The thing is that GH issues have replaces mailing lists/usenet for this kind of questions Laughing in LKML