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Did you read the article? It was all about the camaraderie created by the Trending page, which has become useless. Git is a tool, yes. But GitHub is “social co

Did you read the article? It was all about the camaraderie created by the Trending page, which has become useless. Git is a tool, yes. But GitHub is “social coding”, which should at least be a little fun.

ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago
> Did you read the article? Umm...yes. Yes, I did. Be nice. I understood what the author was saying. I never wrote that I disagreed with it; just that I viewed it through a different lens. It appears that I am not alone in using this lens. MS used be "new, shiny," but now, they are "blue chip." I don't equate their properties with "fun," but I do believe they are serious about "let's get some work done," which jives with my lens.
- programmarchy 6y ago
  Haha, ok, fair enough. FWIW, I see GitLab and Bitbucket as more focused on the tooling and business-first aspects. And since creating my first repo there, I’ve always seen GitHub as a social platform for gaining notoriety within the open source community.
  - ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago
    I feel that GH plays an important role in exactly that (I have been writing open-source software for more than twenty years, but I'm not particularly "notorious." It has never really been one of my goals). That said, I have never thought about it as the fulcrum for social networking along those lines. I have considered developer communities, like this one, or specialized ones, as places to connect, and GH as a "gallery," where we can send people to view our portfolio, after we have connected, or to "vet" contacts, like employers. My experience with GH, is that the folks that really generate the most energy, are the JavaScript/Python/Full-Stack communities. I am an Apple software specialist, and there's not really the same energy, in that community, on GH, so it shouldn't be a surprise that I don't see it the same way as JS folks.

ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago

> Did you read the article? Umm...yes. Yes, I did. Be nice. I understood what the author was saying. I never wrote that I disagreed with it; just that I viewed it through a different lens. It appears that I am not alone in using this lens. MS used be "new, shiny," but now, they are "blue chip." I don't equate their properties with "fun," but I do believe they are serious about "let's get some work done," which jives with my lens.

programmarchy 6y ago
Haha, ok, fair enough. FWIW, I see GitLab and Bitbucket as more focused on the tooling and business-first aspects. And since creating my first repo there, I’ve always seen GitHub as a social platform for gaining notoriety within the open source community.
- ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago
  I feel that GH plays an important role in exactly that (I have been writing open-source software for more than twenty years, but I'm not particularly "notorious." It has never really been one of my goals). That said, I have never thought about it as the fulcrum for social networking along those lines. I have considered developer communities, like this one, or specialized ones, as places to connect, and GH as a "gallery," where we can send people to view our portfolio, after we have connected, or to "vet" contacts, like employers. My experience with GH, is that the folks that really generate the most energy, are the JavaScript/Python/Full-Stack communities. I am an Apple software specialist, and there's not really the same energy, in that community, on GH, so it shouldn't be a surprise that I don't see it the same way as JS folks.