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When quickly browsing github projects to see what's worth my time I don't always click the website link. I likely skip over repos with no screenshot much more.

• mihaic 3y ago
  What purpose are you browsing projects on github? Genuine question, as I've never done this.
  • ParetoOptimal 3y ago
    To find active popular open source projects? How do you do it?
    • skydhash 3y ago
      Word of mouth, organic exposure. I've only used github search only for a few time aside from quickly finding one of my repositories.
      • ParetoOptimal 3y ago
        Typically github readme's are targeted at busy developers rather than beginner s as well. They also include a contributor guide so I can see how hackable some project I'm using is. I also prefer to use projects I wouldn't hate hacking on if forced to. So a PHP project has a much higher bar than aHaskell project. Github and other forges easily allow this approach.
    • mihaic 3y ago
      I don't actively try to find active open source project, usually I stumble onto plenty of them from natural browsing/research for my own work That's why I was asking, why would you actively search for projects? To consider contributing or just out of curiosity?