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GitHub stars are bookmarks for me, not an indicator of usefulness. It does say it’s under heavy development. Maybe 4.3k+ GitHub users just want to make sure t

GitHub stars are bookmarks for me, not an indicator of usefulness. It does say it’s under heavy development. Maybe 4.3k+ GitHub users just want to make sure they get updates?

diarrhea 6y ago
Right next to Star is Watch, which would be much more suitable towards that, no?
- SamWhited 6y ago
  No, Watch emails you a bunch. Stars just show up in a list so you can find it later. That being said, public bookmarks always seemed weird to me. Why not just actually bookmark it with your browser? Not that it matters.
  - searchableguy 6y ago
    If you are using github app, it's less friction to star it than open the page in the browser window and bookmark it.
    - AlexCoventry 6y ago
      What's the benefit of using the app?
      - searchableguy 6y ago
        App provide better UI and UX for mobile devices. It's faster, easier to navigate (bottom navigation) and some features work in it which don't on the mobile site (I can't remember which views force desktop view).
  - dgellow 6y ago
    GitHub added a "custom events" for Watch. You can for example only watch on new releases. You should maybe check it out!
    - SamWhited 6y ago
      That's still not the same as stars, it still emails you.
      - dgellow 6y ago
        Why would it be the same? The purpose of "Watch" is to have a notification.
        SamWhited 6y ago
        I know, that's what I'm saying. We were talking about stars and then you said I should look into Watches instead, but what I was saying is that I don't like watches because you get emails. Customizing which emails doesn't help with that. Apologies if I was confused about something.
- whimsicalism 6y ago
  If you've ever tried to use Watch as a bookmark, I feel like it's obvious why that is not a good solution
  - dgellow 6y ago
    You may want to revise your judgement, GitHub added support to watch on "custom events", such as: new issues, new PRs, new releases, etc. You might want to try again.
rustc 6y ago
I wish HN had a way to save a story without upvoting it or showing it publicly on your profile (the "favorite" feature implemented right now), like Reddit's "Save". Many times I'm interested in something to check out later but it's not something worth upvoting (like this story, based on other comments) and I want my interests to stay private.
- kkoncevicius 6y ago
  This issue is better solved externally - using a bookmark manager. It would allow you to have all your "read later" links in one place rather than being scattered over different websites. Personally I use Safari's reading list feature for that.
- alfiedotwtf 6y ago
  I recommend Instapaper or Pocket. They’re cheap, but worth it
- mypalmike 6y ago
  Quite a few people were unhappy when twitter renamed "favorite" to "like" because they had used it as a bookmark and did not want to imply advocacy. Seems like both intents could be supported fairly easily.

GitHub stars are bookmarks for me, not an indicator of usefulness. It does say it’s under heavy development. Maybe 4.3k+ GitHub users just want to make sure they get updates?

diarrhea 6y ago

Right next to Star is Watch, which would be much more suitable towards that, no?

SamWhited 6y ago
No, Watch emails you a bunch. Stars just show up in a list so you can find it later. That being said, public bookmarks always seemed weird to me. Why not just actually bookmark it with your browser? Not that it matters.
- searchableguy 6y ago
  If you are using github app, it's less friction to star it than open the page in the browser window and bookmark it.
  - AlexCoventry 6y ago
    What's the benefit of using the app?
    - searchableguy 6y ago
      App provide better UI and UX for mobile devices. It's faster, easier to navigate (bottom navigation) and some features work in it which don't on the mobile site (I can't remember which views force desktop view).
- dgellow 6y ago
  GitHub added a "custom events" for Watch. You can for example only watch on new releases. You should maybe check it out!
  - SamWhited 6y ago
    That's still not the same as stars, it still emails you.
    - dgellow 6y ago
      Why would it be the same? The purpose of "Watch" is to have a notification.
      - SamWhited 6y ago
        I know, that's what I'm saying. We were talking about stars and then you said I should look into Watches instead, but what I was saying is that I don't like watches because you get emails. Customizing which emails doesn't help with that. Apologies if I was confused about something.
whimsicalism 6y ago
If you've ever tried to use Watch as a bookmark, I feel like it's obvious why that is not a good solution
- dgellow 6y ago
  You may want to revise your judgement, GitHub added support to watch on "custom events", such as: new issues, new PRs, new releases, etc. You might want to try again.

rustc 6y ago

I wish HN had a way to save a story without upvoting it or showing it publicly on your profile (the "favorite" feature implemented right now), like Reddit's "Save". Many times I'm interested in something to check out later but it's not something worth upvoting (like this story, based on other comments) and I want my interests to stay private.

kkoncevicius 6y ago
This issue is better solved externally - using a bookmark manager. It would allow you to have all your "read later" links in one place rather than being scattered over different websites. Personally I use Safari's reading list feature for that.
alfiedotwtf 6y ago
I recommend Instapaper or Pocket. They’re cheap, but worth it
mypalmike 6y ago
Quite a few people were unhappy when twitter renamed "favorite" to "like" because they had used it as a bookmark and did not want to imply advocacy. Seems like both intents could be supported fairly easily.