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Re: Trending tabs are being deprecated due to low usage

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Post by andirk »

onion2k wrote: post #53
quyleanh wrote: post #3

I check this page everyday. A lot of my starred repos come from this page. For me, the Trending page is even more useful than Explore page. Still wondering why Explore page has more spotlight than Trending page.

I check this page everyday. A lot of my starred repos come from this page. I think this hints at part of the problem with Github as a social hub for tech. I do the same thing, and star things I've seen in the Trending page. Very often I never actually go back to those things though. That star is essentially a signal to the repo owner saying "I'm happy this exists." The problem is that there are also people who star t…

I see GitHub stars in orders of magnitude (1-9, 10-99, 100-...). If interested, I also look at the other public metrics: # of branches, forks, open and closed PRs, time since last update. I have also used <10 star repos in high traffic prod env with no issues. I think you're right and I'm fine with 1 star = 1 person took interest for at least a moment and liked what they saw.

Re: Trending tabs are being deprecated due to low usage

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Post by zimpenfish »

yakshaving_jgt wrote: post #9
superchroma wrote: post #2

Unsurprising, in my usage of GitHub, I'm usually completely disinterested in what others are doing. Maybe they could occasionally feature really interesting hand-picked projects.

I’m interested in changes that happen to open source libraries that I care about, but I don’t understand the social aspect beyond that. By the way, you mean uninterested :)

> By the way, you mean uninterested :)

From [1], 1a "not having the mind or feelings engaged" certainly sounds like GP's meaning and is the same definition given in [2] "not having the mind or feelings engaged".

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disinterested [2] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninterested

Re: Trending tabs are being deprecated due to low usage

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Post by [deleted] »

zebracanevra wrote: post #20
quyleanh wrote: post #3

I check this page everyday. A lot of my starred repos come from this page. For me, the Trending page is even more useful than Explore page. Still wondering why Explore page has more spotlight than Trending page.

For me, the explore page ALWAYS says I'm interested in the topic "vorbis audio" because of the 'topics that i follow' (I follow no topics), so that's a nice bug. 75% of the repos there never change for me. The trending page otoh is nice and fresh, though I wish they'd change it to prevent already popular repos like typescript from "trending" (why are people starring this? ridiculous.)

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Re: Trending tabs are being deprecated due to low usage

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Post by andirk »

rgoulter wrote: post #49
matsemann wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just curious, but why star them at all? I've starred 11 repos in my many years on github, to bookmark some specific projects. But others in my feed star projects daily and have over a thousand projects in their star list. I'm curious to why. Will you ever check them out again? Isn't the list now so long it's hard to find things in it?

While maybe it's not very useful for your own bookmarking, there are other useful effects: - Saying "I think it's neat" internet points is kindof a nice kudos. It's relatively pleasing to see some stars on your repositories. - It's an indication of popularity/usage. If you have to rely on some dependency, "choose the one with the most stars" will probably give you a good result for next to no effort. - In terms of so…

I use it to bookmark but also as a "thank you". I'm sure most devs would much prefer a star than a helpful contribution to the repo or a donation.

Re: Trending tabs are being deprecated due to low usage

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

thiht wrote: post #80
favorited wrote: post #26

The trending page is pretty much the only reason I go to GitHub these days. Weirdly, I've been low-key worried about it ever since they added the "Spoken Language" dropdown, which AFAICT is the only real change from the last few years. It's not that I think being able to search by spoken language is bad or anything, it just screams of a middle manager trying to "solve" the important problem of a few people being conf…

The language filter was actually a suggestion I made (I’m probably not the only one but I sent them feedback emails and everything). The reason is that at some point a few years ago, the trending list was filled with Chinese repositories which makes it useless if you don’t speak the language. The language filter fixed it for me and made the page useful again.

I mean that sounds like one solution - especially if you cannot work with Chinese nationals for reasons. But in the spirit of open source and access to other people's code, an alternative solution would be for Github to integrate with a translation service and translate descriptions.

Re: Trending tabs are being deprecated due to low usage

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

yakshaving_jgt wrote: post #9
superchroma wrote: post #2

Unsurprising, in my usage of GitHub, I'm usually completely disinterested in what others are doing. Maybe they could occasionally feature really interesting hand-picked projects.

I’m interested in changes that happen to open source libraries that I care about, but I don’t understand the social aspect beyond that. By the way, you mean uninterested :)

You do your username proud, :D

Re: Trending tabs are being deprecated due to low usage

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Post by AlfeG »

revskill wrote: post #85

I see this is a good thing though. I'm not sure, but trending tabs allow for growth hacking with tricks to get on the top by spammers. What i prefer, is personalized trending profile instead.

Trending is only way to observe trends outside of personalized or curated bubble. Not a lot of spam happen in trending tabs.
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