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Bad practice to assume your ethos is the only one at play. I'd hardly call taking a look at _where_ people are coming from to view your Github profile a "vanit
by andrew_ 6y ago
Bad practice to assume your ethos is the only one at play.
I'd hardly call taking a look at _where_ people are coming from to view your Github profile a "vanity" thing. A view of referrers could be extremely useful in tuning one's developer presence and visibility. That could come in handy when job-seeking, or trying to spread the word about your services and/or company. Both of which Github is widely used for.
- memexy 6y agoHave you ever gotten a job because of your GitHub profile?
- andrew_ 6y agoYes. I was sought and employed specifically because of the work visible on my Github profile from 2017 - 2019. My body of work on Github directly contributed to my candidacy for the job I currently hold.
- memexy 6y agoSo how would having view statistics helped? Would you have curated your GitHub account differently if you knew who was visiting your profile?
- andrew_ 6y agoDefinitely possible. Could effect repos that are pinned, content of profile blurb on the left, etc. If I had access to where folks were coming from, I could gauge how visible or discoverable my profile was from other sources, my blog, etc.
- codingdave 6y agoSure, but using tracking pixels will always show your github profile as the referer, won't it?