New GitHub Profile Badges Beta

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Post by akrifari » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 3:50 PM UTC

New GitHub Profile Badges Beta
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Re: New GitHub Profile Badges Beta

#2

Post by candiddevmike » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 4:11 PM UTC

This is a really dumb feature. Out of everything you could add to GitHub, why spend time on this?

Re: New GitHub Profile Badges Beta

#3

Post by judge2020 » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 4:14 PM UTC

candiddevmike wrote: post #2

This is a really dumb feature. Out of everything you could add to GitHub, why spend time on this?

It’s a coding social network; these features keep people happy with the GitHub brand and they increase the amount of features any potential competitor must implement if they want to be competitive against GH.

Re: New GitHub Profile Badges Beta

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Post by oefrha » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 4:15 PM UTC

I thought the Arctic vault and Mars badges were pretty cool, but these new ones are really cringe. Unfortunately they can only be disabled together.

Re: New GitHub Profile Badges Beta

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Post by jkaplowitz » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 4:15 PM UTC

candiddevmike wrote: post #2

This is a really dumb feature. Out of everything you could add to GitHub, why spend time on this?

It feels like the kind of thing that would be a side project. I've never worked at GitHub or MS and have no inside info on this, but I worked at Google years ago and any similar launch from them during (or before) my time there could easily have been a 20% project. Badges on Google's internal company directory proliferated and were widely enjoyed.

Re: New GitHub Profile Badges Beta

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Post by david_allison » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 4:15 PM UTC

One of the achievements is 'YOLO': 'merged without a review'.

We really shouldn't be encouraging this.

Re: New GitHub Profile Badges Beta

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Post by michaelanckaert » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 4:16 PM UTC

Can we please stop turning everything into a social media experience? Why the constant need for personal validation / ego gratification?

It seems like almost every tool or platform these days needs a friends feature, bragging badges or other form of social validation.

Re: New GitHub Profile Badges Beta

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Post by take_it_not » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 4:16 PM UTC

Can’t wait for more ppl making random bullsh*t PR just to earn these badges lol

Re: New GitHub Profile Badges Beta

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Post by EscargotCult » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 4:16 PM UTC

Reminds me of the Stack Overflow profile badges, which themselves were inspired by Xbox achievements.

Re: New GitHub Profile Badges Beta

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Post by thenerdhead » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 4:18 PM UTC

Why though?

On one hand, yes it's fun and brings entertainment to the platform.

On the other hand, I don't really want a badge showing I sometimes "YOLO" merging code like it's an achievement or something. It's not the achievement you think it is, even if it's a common meme for people new to the industry. It leaves a breadcrumb trail of bad practices that are sometimes out of necessity.