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At some point the whole internet switched over from a project-centric to a platform-centric mental model for most people. It used to be "I want to talk to thes

by inigyou 3mo ago

At some point the whole internet switched over from a project-centric to a platform-centric mental model for most people. It used to be "I want to talk to these people. Oh, they're on IRC" and then it was "I'm on IRC. who can I talk to here?" and while that might not be so bad for IRC, it's catastrophic when it's proprietary platforms with lock-in.

jeremyjh 3mo ago
Cool story bro. I don't think that describes anyone in the market for an open source software produce to use. Instead, what it means is that before opening an issue or submitting a patch to a project, if I must create a new account on an alternate forge there is a good chance I simply won't. I'll still use the software, I just won't make casual contributions to upstream. If I get invested in it and can see myself making a series of contributions then sure I'll click through and register and put up with all the things I may have to learn (at least Forgejo is a pixel-perfect clone of Github and I don't have to learn anything). The main issue though, is that I won't star a repo on an alternate forge. That is the main reason many projects will only consider Github - if they have no revenue they must have traction, and GitHub stars are a good substitute for meaningful measures of that.