I also never got the hang of it. But I did receive comments in private from acquaintances who had picked up on my GitHub activities. On the one hand, I felt ha

I also never got the hang of it. But I did receive comments in private from acquaintances who had picked up on my GitHub activities. On the one hand, I felt happy for the feedback, because it was people that I like to interact with. On the other hand, I felt like I wasn't aware that this information was aggregated and posted on a dashboard page that anyone who ever clicked "follow" on my profile was looking at with some frequency. I do use the GitHub profile as a resumé, and as a work platform. I don't have LinkedIn. I do use it to showcase some of the stuff I find interesting to work on, and to show my skillset. But I also realize that I'm giving away timestamp information about my work habits, and I don't know if I like that.