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I’m disappointed at how much value some place in the +1 count on a proprietary code forge that the writer suggests not even taking charge & having your own dedi
by toastal 3y ago
I’m disappointed at how much value some place in the +1 count on a proprietary code forge that the writer suggests not even taking charge & having your own dedicated page & embedding call-to-actions in the UI itself. I can’t blame them for wanting to market so hard & in this fashion (tho not big on the join-the-Discord callout at the end), but I don’t like how much value folks are putting into a metric that’s both easy to game & part of the keep-you-on-the-platform social media scheme that Microsoft GitHub has a lot of developers trapped in.
- lioeters 3y agoI agree, and I almost closed the program when it started for the first time, showing me a pop-up telling me how I "rock" for using it, asking me to star or donate, a YouTube link for a tutorial, etc. I prefer my programs to be silent and invisible, and I have a low tolerance for programs that advertise themselves. But once closed, I was not bothered again. The program itself feels great, like it could become a daily tool.