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Forrst now uses GitHub auth to let developers skip the invite queue
- skbohra123 15y agoI have my code at launchpad.net https://code.launchpad.net/~shreekantbohra/ https://code.launchpad.net/~shreekantbohra/ anyone kind enough to vote my application ? http://forrst.com/i/X6g http://forrst.com/i/X6g
- akent 15y agoBe nice if they could fix the https if I'm going to be entering a password... https://forrst.com/ https://forrst.com/ currently goes to an Apache 2 Test Page.
- jvandenbroeck 15y agoI don't like that it wants to access your private repo info and that I can't find, with a quick Google, what it will be able to do / read from my repo's. > Update your public and private repository info
- kylebragger 15y agoSorry about that. We had to request private access since we figured not everyone with an active account would necessarily have public repos. Going to change it to only look at public for now.
- piotrSikora 15y agoWhy do you need the rights to update any of those?
- zackkitzmiller 15y agoWell, unfortunately, we don't. But GitHub's API is very terse. We can either read/write to private repos, or we can't access private repos at all. We've updated the algorithms to not be as concerned to the number of private repos.
- msencenb 15y agoI got an error saying my account wasn't old enough or there weren't enough active repositories. I'll admit I don't have many active repositories but I have had a github account for development on a private repository for over a year and a half. What's the number of active repositories you need to be able to skip the invite step?
- zackkitzmiller 15y agoTry again, this should be fixed.
- schwabacher 15y agoMy github profile didn't seem to get me in. Anyone mind voting on my request? http://forrst.com/i/5c9 http://forrst.com/i/5c9
- kylebragger 15y agoDone. Mind sharing how old your account is and how many public/private repos you have? We're trying to tune things on our end.
- schwabacher 15y agoThanks! I have 2 (prety slow) public repos, and have been a member of github since dec 22, 2010.
- citricsquid 15y agoI think it might be a bit lenient, I have 0 public repos, 4 private repos and each of these has maybe 1 or 2 commits, seems quite lenient!
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- div 15y agoMy github account didn't get me in either. It's about 2,5 years old and has 11 public repos. Not very active by any means, but not dead either :) If anyone is so inclined, you can vote for me here: http://forrst.com/i/5cV http://forrst.com/i/5cV
- zackkitzmiller 15y agoI'm looking at this. Should have let you in.
- horatioplink 15y agoMy account is about 8 months old with 9 public repos. Maybe the guys over there are tweaking this as we speak but it let me in.
- tectonic 15y agoIs Forrst worth the trouble?
- burgerbrain 15y agoI just made an account... can't really say I see any compelling reason to recommend that others do so though.
- auston 15y agoIn my opinion, if you're looking to network, it's worth it. I look at it like an implicit dating site for programmers/designers; people are showcasing who they are & if you're interested, you can reach out. It's very good community for getting feedback, IMO. disclaimer: The founder (Kyle Bragger) was a speaker at my conference.
- JoeCortopassi 15y agoWould be really interested in an opinion from someone 'on the inside'. Seems cool from the outside, but probably just because it's a "selective" club
- roel_v 15y agoIt's OK-ish but 1) it's rather hard to navigate or find things (maybe because I'm used to 'traditional' news-feed type of sites) and 2) I find it hard to 'network' since if you're thrown in there knowing nobody, how are you going to 'network'? You can 'like' (or 'follow' or whatever it's called) people, and then you have a distinct 'feed' where you can see the updates from those people. And of course you can 'comment' on people's posts, but in the end I'm not really seeing much in it.
- themal 15y agoI have logged in several times in the past year, posted comments, read posts. It is a focused community website with a bit of exclusivity due to invites. The hype confuses me. I have asked other developers and they think the same... it's too basic at the moment. It's one of those websites that has potential, but we are still waiting for it to deliver.
- gourneau 15y agoI am happy my GitHub account was accepted, I am just curious what the selection criteria are. I have 4 coderwall badges ) http://coderwall.com/gourneau http://coderwall.com/gourneau
- kylebragger 15y agoIt involves account age + number of repositories you own, more or less.
- kylebragger 15y agoYou just gave me a great idea re: coderwall :)
- gourneau 15y agoMake sure to check this out if you want to use the coderwall api. https://github.com/icebreaker/proudify https://github.com/icebreaker/proudify
- ernestipark 15y agoI've had a GitHub account for about 2 months and have 3 public repos. Haven't done much on it and I got accepted.
- cheald 15y agoMine got me in just fine. I've been a member for a long while and have a lot of repos, though.
- lzm 15y agoI have two inactive repos and still got in. I don't think I deserved this privilege.
- Christelle 15y agoI tried using my github account. Forrst didn't seem to recognize it... ? My application is here: http://forrst.com/i/5cW http://forrst.com/i/5cW github here: https://github.com/organizations/batchblue https://github.com/organizations/batchblue Thanks!
- kylebragger 15y agoVery odd, we'll take a look.
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- pom 15y agoI have been updating a few repos on Github daily and got in without a hitch. Nice.
- unculture 15y agoMy github account didn't let me in, but then again I only have one repo that I use to store my vim dotfiles and suchlike. So, job done on Forrst's part, I suppose. I am a developer though, for my sins, and would appreciate a vote or two. Or, ideally, three. (removed the link to my profile, as some of you very kindly voted me in)
- logicalmike 15y agoAnyone else getting an error page during app authorization? Here is the broken URL it's taking me to: http://timber.devel:3003/?error=redirect_uri_mismatch http://timber.devel:3003/?error=redirect_uri_mismatch