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That's... really rude. Sourcehut has been around for a while: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=sourcehut&sort=byPopularity&pr...
Doesn't mean you're not fishing for users there.
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#15Am I the only one who can't find the source of this "open source software"? How they can beat Bitbucket while they hide the code under unusable UI?
The homepage links to https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/?search=sr.ht (EDIT: which is now also the URL in the blogpost with the link text "100% open source software")
There are also Hg repos at hg.sr.ht; idk how easy it is to find git.sr.ht from hg.sr.ht.
> how can they beat Bitbucket while the code is unusable
Well, for Hg users, it's not like there's going to be much of a choice in a year (given BB is sunsetting Hg support), right?
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#16Am I the only one who can't find the source of this "open source software"? How they can beat Bitbucket while they hide the code under unusable UI?
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Doesn't mean you're not fishing for users there.
Isn't literally everyone fishing for users? Relax dude. People need somewhere to go and maybe they'll find Sourcehut suitable to their needs. I don't know what your definition of spam is but this definitely doesn't qualify for my (unusually strict) definition of it.
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#18Am I the only one who can't find the source of this "open source software"? How they can beat Bitbucket while they hide the code under unusable UI?
> Where is the source? The homepage links to https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/?search=sr.ht (EDIT: which is now also the URL in the blogpost with the link text "100% open source software") There are also Hg repos at hg.sr.ht; idk how easy it is to find git.sr.ht from hg.sr.ht. > how can they beat Bitbucket while the code is unusable Well, for Hg users, it's not like there's going to be much of a choice in a year (given BB…
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#19Am I the only one who can't find the source of this "open source software"? How they can beat Bitbucket while they hide the code under unusable UI?
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Isn't literally everyone fishing for users? Relax dude. People need somewhere to go and maybe they'll find Sourcehut suitable to their needs. I don't know what your definition of spam is but this definitely doesn't qualify for my (unusually strict) definition of it.
Well, the page contains nothing but a tool to import data from a competitor in order to get users of the competitor to sign up for your service. That meets my definition of spam to a certain extend.