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Its never been possible to participate in github hosted open source without an account...

• saagarjha 3y ago
  I have a GitHub account. Until recently most of my GitHub participation was done without being logged in.
  • jahsome 3y ago
    What do you do that doesn't require authentication?
    • saagarjha 3y ago
      Read code and issues mostly.
      • jahsome 3y ago
        It's rather pedantic, but I wouldn't call that participating. That's more in the realm of observation. An account has always been required for active participation, e.g. committing directly to any repo, submitting a PR, opening an issue, etc.
        • saagarjha 3y ago
          Yes, and I use an account for those. But I value not having to use an account for any work before that, which is just a crucial.
      • acedTrex 3y ago
        You can still do that without being logged in, thats also not participating in open source. More observing open source then anything
        • saagarjha 3y ago
          These are prerequisites to what I suspect you have in mind when you consider open source participation. Of which I do a decent amount, logged in of course, but this comes first.