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Github's a work tool, not somewhere you go to have fun. This is a weird article because its main point is about the 'Trending page', which is something I've ne

• dreamer_soul 6y ago
  To be honest, a few years ago I used the trending page to discover useful web tools. Du to my lack of experience the trending page offered a glimpse of what people were working on/with (I used to read the code to learn new techniques) but now I old go there to check on my open source project and answer issues. So I can get the author saying it's not fun anymore, however I find hacker news the new fun place to go to learn and enjoy my time.
• petepete 6y ago
  The beauty of Github is that it does a really good job of both. Yes, we use it for work and it's excellent, but there are loads of fun, throwaway, educational, ridiculous and interesting projects on there. The trending page was great because it offered a glimpse of what's out there and what people are talking about. If you don't care, that's fine - it won't ever affect you. I find it interesting for the same reasons I find HN interesting. Github has had social features for a decade or more; I've been able to follow colleagues and friends, react to issues and conversations with emojis and upload photos of my dog. What else do I need? What does Facebook have that Github doesn't in this regard?
• ensiferum 6y ago
  It just seems that the author is basically just whining about not being on the "trending" page any more.