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I think it's almost exactly the wrong impression to give. Most people associate Facebook with hanging out with friends and general screwing around, and while t

by rue 15y ago

I think it's almost exactly the wrong impression to give. Most people associate Facebook with hanging out with friends and general screwing around, and while there are is a certain amount of that, it happens distinctly in the context of doing work (used loosely), which is the main use case. I guess you could try the angle of “imagine if you were able to do your job on Facebook with all your co-workers, but all the documents would also be visible to anyone else on Facebook so they could, if they chose, become your co-workers too”.

batista 15y ago
Most people associate Facebook with hanging out with friends and general screwing around, and while there are is a certain amount of that, it happens distinctly in the context of doing work (used loosely), which is the main use case. Yes, but for geeks, and especially geeks using GitHub, programming work is the equivalent of Facebook "fun".
- bh42222 15y ago
  But for everyone one else Facebook "fun" is a waste of time. So now everyone who is NOT a geek and reads that article thinks github is where geeks go to waste time and be unproductive. OK, better add this github to the corporate black list!
  - batista 15y ago
    So now everyone who is NOT a geek and reads that article thinks github is where geeks go to waste time and be unproductive. Well, considering that 90% on GitHub is crap (Sturgeon's law), they might be right. While there are of course productive repos in it, also consider all the hobbyist repos, me-too repos, NIH repos, useless fork/pull repos, half-baked repos, circle-jerk fad concept/language of the month repos, etc. Those are quite analogous to Facebook, no?
    - bh42222 15y ago
      Those are quite analogous to Facebook, no? No. They would analogous to Facebook only if you are a professional web social marketer or something like that. Then Facebook would be to you like github is for programmers. Still 90% crap, but still somewhat professionally useful crap. For everyone else Facebook is 100% unprofessional. (It may not strictly be a waste of time if you consider genuine keeping in touch with physically remote loved ones.)

by rue 15y ago

batista 15y ago

Most people associate Facebook with hanging out with friends and general screwing around, and while there are is a certain amount of that, it happens distinctly in the context of doing work (used loosely), which is the main use case. Yes, but for geeks, and especially geeks using GitHub, programming work is the equivalent of Facebook "fun".

bh42222 15y ago
But for everyone one else Facebook "fun" is a waste of time. So now everyone who is NOT a geek and reads that article thinks github is where geeks go to waste time and be unproductive. OK, better add this github to the corporate black list!
- batista 15y ago
  So now everyone who is NOT a geek and reads that article thinks github is where geeks go to waste time and be unproductive. Well, considering that 90% on GitHub is crap (Sturgeon's law), they might be right. While there are of course productive repos in it, also consider all the hobbyist repos, me-too repos, NIH repos, useless fork/pull repos, half-baked repos, circle-jerk fad concept/language of the month repos, etc. Those are quite analogous to Facebook, no?
  - bh42222 15y ago
    Those are quite analogous to Facebook, no? No. They would analogous to Facebook only if you are a professional web social marketer or something like that. Then Facebook would be to you like github is for programmers. Still 90% crap, but still somewhat professionally useful crap. For everyone else Facebook is 100% unprofessional. (It may not strictly be a waste of time if you consider genuine keeping in touch with physically remote loved ones.)