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> someone opens an issue: "how do i install this?" Honestly, this is a GitHub thing. You wouldn't get that issue on sourcehut, bitbucket or self hosted. GitHu

> someone opens an issue: "how do i install this?" Honestly, this is a GitHub thing. You wouldn't get that issue on sourcehut, bitbucket or self hosted. GitHub is the lowest common denominator for users.

lopatin 11mo ago
You’re telling me all I have to do to stop all the noob questions is to switch off of GitHub?
- LtWorf 11mo ago
  Yeah on codeberg you'll get much less of that
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  - lopatin 10mo ago
    I assume I'll get much less of everything if I switch to codeberg?
    - LtWorf 10mo ago
      Yes, I'm very happy with having done it.
squigz 11mo ago
I've seen this mentioned a few times lately. Not that I disagree, but why would that be? Is it just Github's poplarity? Is it the ease with which you can sign on and start yelling at FOSS maintainers? Something else?
- bitbasher 11mo ago
  Popularity is part of it. It's the "default" for software. It's what is taught in every school, bootcamp, youtube channel and corner of the internet. Anyone that had an idea on a random weekend to "learn to code" signed up for GitHub. GitHub is less of a software forge and more like a Facebook for software.
- benhurmarcel 11mo ago
  Everyone already has a Github account. Just having to make an account on Codeberg/Sourcehut is enough of a barrier.