Complaints mount after GitHub launches new algorithmic feed
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Complaints mount after GitHub launches new algorithmic feed
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Re: Complaints mount after GitHub launches new algorithmic feed
#2Why do developer companies keep thinking they are aocial twitter-facebook-like things?
It goes from small things like hiding exact timestamps behind meaningless "2d ago" to this bullshit
Re: Complaints mount after GitHub launches new algorithmic feed
#3GitHub has finally gone full SoLoMo
Re: Complaints mount after GitHub launches new algorithmic feed
#4Why do developer companies keep thinking they are aocial twitter-facebook-like things? It goes from small things like hiding exact timestamps behind meaningless "2d ago" to this bullshit
> Why do developer companies keep thinking they are aocial twitter-facebook-like things?
Because open source is significantly social in nature; it's not just an available blob of code. I don't necessarily agree with their direction, but the social aspect is certainly a foundational component.
Re: Complaints mount after GitHub launches new algorithmic feed
#5Algorithmic feeds are always hostile to the user. They limit what a user sees, and slowly infantilizes them by teaching them to passively consume rather actively seek information.
I've never encountered a situation where an algorithmic feed made things better. At best, they make things more addictive.
Re: Complaints mount after GitHub launches new algorithmic feed
#6I look forward to the quasi-spam slurry of infiniscroll feed crap once growth hackers start trying to game the algorithm to get more traction for their project.
I don’t think you can introduce a recommendation algorithm without it having a negative effect on the content it’s supposed to aid discovery of. Pre-recsys, the content is made for human consumption, but once you add the recsys, the AI itself becomes part of the audience and its opinion matters. Unfortunately its opinion matters more than the humans’, but its taste is abysmal. So content gets optimized for a brain dead AI and humans get garbage.
I hate it because GitHub was one product I really loved, but since MS bought them it seems like they are doing all this random stuff to solve problems that aren’t even a problem. How about getting back to the basics, like reliable uptime, and less glitchy JS soup?
Re: Complaints mount after GitHub launches new algorithmic feed
#7I'm happy seeing random/algorithmically picked stuff shown on the homepage RHS ("Explore repositories") - it doesn't hurt me, and I might find something useful there.
I don't want algorithmic stuff on the _main_ part of the page, which instead contains repositories and people I follow. I'd draw the line at this.
Re: Complaints mount after GitHub launches new algorithmic feed
#8Can't you just... not look at it? github is not a social website; I see no reason to ever visit the home page.
Re: Complaints mount after GitHub launches new algorithmic feed
#9No wonder why microsoft bought them, they wanted to kill github
Re: Complaints mount after GitHub launches new algorithmic feed
#10Can't you just... not look at it? github is not a social website; I see no reason to ever visit the home page.
>github is not a social website
you may not like it, but Github has always been a social website, and now more than ever, just like LinkedIn.