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Re: Show HN: Discover your ranking on GitHub

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Post by lucisferre »

welder wrote: post #85
lucisferre wrote: post #55

I run most of my projects under an organization so this doesn't really work. Also stars aren't really a great measure of anything after a point. Perfect example are the json-jwt and ruby-jwt gems. The latter gets more stars because it is arguably easier for people to find even though the former is a far more complete and robust implementation of the JWT spec.

We're trying to bridge the gap between private repos and public profiles. Nobody sees the work you put into your org-repos, but that work can still be shown on our leaderboard at https://wakatime.com/leaders

They aren't private repos, they are just open source projects I keep under my organization instead of my own account.

Re: Show HN: Discover your ranking on GitHub

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Post by camhenlin »

jlarocco wrote: post #60
codebeaker wrote: post #26

I'd like to call out for the author of this that you are in breach of the Github name and branding usage guidelines: > ## Naming projects and products > Please avoid naming your projects anything that implies GitHub’s endorsement. This also applies to domain names. (Reference: https://github.com/logos ) Edit: Why the downvotes? It's valid, and if someone had used my company name in their unauthorized, misleading and…

I wish GitHub would crack down harder on sites that do this. This site, and a lot of the other sites that use GitHub APIs and data are clearly trying to blur the boundary between whether they're part of GitHub or not, and it's incredibly annoying. I don't pay for my GitHub account so that I can have some goofy ranking, or spend 10 minutes wondering, "Is this site really affiliated with GitHub?" If it keeps up, I'll p…

I'm actually building the equivalent BitBucket version of the site right now. Stay tuned!

Re: Show HN: Discover your ranking on GitHub

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Post by jeorgun »

sfk wrote: post #5

A further step towards the gamification of Open Source development. On the other hand, maybe that's Github's future business model: Rank Open Source slaves and sell that information to recruiters.

I thought "gamification of open source development" was always a pretty major part of Github's business model. Frankly I don't know if that's a bad thing; I've certainly been motivated by trying to keep my "current streak" or whatever going on several occasions.

Re: Show HN: Discover your ranking on GitHub

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Post by elcct »

vdaubry wrote: post #77
codebeaker wrote: post #26

I'd like to call out for the author of this that you are in breach of the Github name and branding usage guidelines: > ## Naming projects and products > Please avoid naming your projects anything that implies GitHub’s endorsement. This also applies to domain names. (Reference: https://github.com/logos ) Edit: Why the downvotes? It's valid, and if someone had used my company name in their unauthorized, misleading and…

Hi, Vincent here, author of Github Awards. Thanks for pointing this out. There is already a small note in footer stating that this site is no way affiliated with the Github company, i'll make that a lot more visible.

Maybe change domain to xxxxxx-awards.com :)

Re: Show HN: Discover your ranking on GitHub

#105

Post by pbhjpbhj »

angersock wrote: post #99
pbhjpbhj wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If Github cares, let them file a C&D or just talk with the author--it isn't our job to play trademark police. It's entirely too negative a behavior on our part. // TMs are for consumers. It's entirely a consumers business to ensure that they are not being deceived as to the origin of goods and services they receive solicitations for. Yes GitHub should also be concerned but it's not their concern alone. TMs benefit…

If you assumed it came from Github, well, I can't help you. I mean, there's a useful question there: if we are to support remixing and hacking and whatnot, do we also need to stop assuming that any work referencing a company is automatically endorsed or representing that company? I'm honestly kind of surprised that anybody thought this came from Github--least of all, because they seem to just post things on their own…

It doesn't merely reference GitHub.

I followed a link from HN that said "Discover your ranking on GitHub" - on GitHub usually means on GitHub's site. Using GitHub in this way is using a trademark that is supposed to be reserved for indicating origin. On arriving at the site one sees the GitHub logo (or at least a facsimile portion) and references to GitHub usernames and use of the [non-distinctive] GitHub livery [many sites use that same scheme though]. Checking the domain name one sees use of GitHub's trademark again. This is better than most phishing sites I've seen - next step for me is usually to do a whois if I care to find if it's an official site.

Up to this point it's either a phishing site or from GitHub. Without further investigation then IMO it's normal to assume non-infringing trademark use.

Presumably you've never come across a company that uses different domain prefix/suffixes with a trademark like, oh I don't know, http://Googlemail.com ?

github-awards.com with copy saying "we use GitHub's API to gather info and present an unofficial award" then I can see that any infringement might be incidental. With "on GitHub", with the livery, the logo and the domain; it's passing off.

Re: Show HN: Discover your ranking on GitHub

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Post by juliengrimal »

flurdy wrote: post #86
LukeB_UK wrote: post #67

I don't think it takes into account the country, just the city. I live in Halifax, UK and it compared me with people in Halifax, Canada. Edit: Also, I have more than 1 star on my projects, yet it just reports 1?

At least it finds a Halifax. My location is set as Hampshire which it has never heard of, and for some reason it compared me to other Scala people in Guyana, the country. :) Though meetup.com is not much better. Their geoip correctly identifies my town as Alton, Hampshire, then shows all the meetups near the village Alton in Staffordshire... Facebook is not much better. My town is not an accepted location but any of…

Maybe you should move out of your city ? ;)

Re: Show HN: Discover your ranking on GitHub

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Post by angersock »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #105
angersock wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you assumed it came from Github, well, I can't help you. I mean, there's a useful question there: if we are to support remixing and hacking and whatnot, do we also need to stop assuming that any work referencing a company is automatically endorsed or representing that company? I'm honestly kind of surprised that anybody thought this came from Github--least of all, because they seem to just post things on their own…

It doesn't merely reference GitHub. I followed a link from HN that said "Discover your ranking on GitHub" - on GitHub usually means on GitHub's site. Using GitHub in this way is using a trademark that is supposed to be reserved for indicating origin. On arriving at the site one sees the GitHub logo (or at least a facsimile portion) and references to GitHub usernames and use of the [non-distinctive] GitHub livery [man…

"see your ranking on Github" is similar to "see the number of friends you have on Facebook" or "look at your word usage on Hacker News". It's clearly being used to refer to the platform, not the site.

Besides, it has just a box for entering your username, which then scrapes data and presents it--hardly a phishing site.

Re: Show HN: Discover your ranking on GitHub

#108

Post by welder »

lucisferre wrote: post #101
welder wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're trying to bridge the gap between private repos and public profiles. Nobody sees the work you put into your org-repos, but that work can still be shown on our leaderboard at https://wakatime.com/leaders

They aren't private repos, they are just open source projects I keep under my organization instead of my own account.

Oh got it. The good thing is WakaTime tracks the time you spent coding independently of the repo. We just use your repo when cross-referencing time spent per commit, but your public profile is populated even if you never use version control.

P.S. The current profile is basic but here's what it will look like soon: http://www.reddit.com/r/WakaTime/comments/2uqgww/mockup_new_...

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