Yeah. I don't know if the 'follow' piece does anything useful for anyone.
But as a professional developer, I have found that my GitHub account now prevents me from getting asked FizzBuzz at interviews. So whichever bit is causing that nonsense to stop, I hope they keep.
Some people (like myself and other scientists/mathematicians), write software for specific fields so if you follow them you find it out what work they are putting out, and issues they find in other software etc.
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Anders429@programming.dev · 23 pts · 2y
I don't really get why we need social media elements in GitHub at all
MajorHavoc@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Yeah. I don't know if the 'follow' piece does anything useful for anyone.
But as a professional developer, I have found that my GitHub account now prevents me from getting asked FizzBuzz at interviews. So whichever bit is causing that nonsense to stop, I hope they keep.
Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz · 17 pts · 2y
github ≠Social Media
hypnotic_nerd@programming.dev · -7 pts · 2y
So is the twitter 😅
sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf · 3 pts · 2y
!=
kubica@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y
I want to follow commits not tweets.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 2y
Who follows users on GitHub? Repos, branches, issues, PRs, sure. But users?
Daxtron2@startrek.website · 2 pts · 2y
I follow TodePond because they have funny repos and star weird stuff.
jasory@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
Some people (like myself and other scientists/mathematicians), write software for specific fields so if you follow them you find it out what work they are putting out, and issues they find in other software etc.
firelizzard@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
I have 13 followers on GitHub. A few are friends from college, the rest I have absolutely no clue why.
sag@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 2y
I have 21 : () I am pretty famous