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how do people use GitHub as a social media network exactly? I know the features are there but I've never talked to anyone who uses it. a simpler explanation is
by raziel2p 3y ago
how do people use GitHub as a social media network exactly? I know the features are there but I've never talked to anyone who uses it.
a simpler explanation is that GitHub has a simpler/better interface than alternatives, and most people already have an account.
- lutoma 3y agoFor me, it's two things: * Whenever I come across an interesting project hosted on Github (On Hacker News, Mastodon or some such place), I usually star it. Then when I'm later looking for a library or piece of software I usually search my Github stars first for a nice pre-filtered list of options. I know I could also use a bookmark manager to keep track of interesting non-Github projects, but that's way too high-friction and so in practice I usually forget about them. * There's also the social feed on the homepage where you can see which repositories your friends have starred/contributed to. I don't personally use this super often but frequently I star some repository and then notice a bunch of my friends starred it shortly after, presumably because they saw it in their feed.