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They've also removed the "traffic" graph, that showed you how many people have viewed your project over the last 90 days or so (I can't remember the exact amoun

They've also removed the "traffic" graph, that showed you how many people have viewed your project over the last 90 days or so (I can't remember the exact amount). That was a very useful way to gauge interest. Honestly, IMO, GitHub has been getting worse, not better, since the spring. I have no idea why, but they're taking away features -- perhaps to speed up the site? Anyway, I don't get it. They dropped their "social coding" motto awhile back, perhaps they're targeting other things now? Maybe they had to scale back features to raise that $100 million? It's a mystery.

snogglethorpe 14y ago
Yeah, the removal of the graph sucks. Call me silly, but I really liked that graph .. it gave me a little boost of pride to bring up my github page and see the effect of a burst of hacking activity in visual form. Obviously the info's still around in the commit logs, but it seemed much more obvious in the graph. I guess computing the graph did probably consume CPU time, but isn't that exactly the sort of thing that differentiates github from a "dumb" git repo provider?
- zoobert 14y ago
  I agree it sucks to have lost the traffic graph. Would love to have it back
tedivm 14y ago
I really, really miss the traffic graphs. Before I moved to github I had google analytics running for each of my projects, which was absolutely amazing for discovering when people talked about them. The increased contributions is worth the trade off, but I do miss that info.
- phpnode 14y ago
  a friend of mine built this which you might find useful: http://githalytics.com/ http://githalytics.com/
  - tedivm 14y ago
    The problem with that is it only tracks a single page.
Nervetattoo 14y ago
I've complained a few times on twitter to @github about removing the traffic graph. I used it as a motivator myself, and a way of trying to prioritise what project to work on. A spike in traffic could mean I invested that extra time to land something new in a project, that was a great way for github to ensure commitment in projects. Apart from that I think every change in the last six months have been good.
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snogglethorpe 14y ago

Yeah, the removal of the graph sucks. Call me silly, but I really liked that graph .. it gave me a little boost of pride to bring up my github page and see the effect of a burst of hacking activity in visual form. Obviously the info's still around in the commit logs, but it seemed much more obvious in the graph. I guess computing the graph did probably consume CPU time, but isn't that exactly the sort of thing that differentiates github from a "dumb" git repo provider?

zoobert 14y ago
I agree it sucks to have lost the traffic graph. Would love to have it back

tedivm 14y ago

I really, really miss the traffic graphs. Before I moved to github I had google analytics running for each of my projects, which was absolutely amazing for discovering when people talked about them. The increased contributions is worth the trade off, but I do miss that info.

phpnode 14y ago
a friend of mine built this which you might find useful: http://githalytics.com/ http://githalytics.com/
- tedivm 14y ago
  The problem with that is it only tracks a single page.

Nervetattoo 14y ago

I've complained a few times on twitter to @github about removing the traffic graph. I used it as a motivator myself, and a way of trying to prioritise what project to work on. A spike in traffic could mean I invested that extra time to land something new in a project, that was a great way for github to ensure commitment in projects. Apart from that I think every change in the last six months have been good.

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