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is it just me or GitHub is turning into some sort of LinkedIn (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Initially, LinkedIn was just another site where you could find jobs. It was simple to use, simple to connect with others; it even had some friendly groups with meaningful discussions.

And then it gained monopoly as the "sole" professional network where you could actually land a job. If you are not on LinkedIn now, you are quite invisible in the job market. Recruiters are concentrated there, even if they have to pay extremely high prices for premium accounts. The site is horrible now: a social network in disguise, toxic and boring influencers, and a lot of noise and bloated interface to explore.

When Google decided to close their code.google.com, GitHub filled a void. It was a simple site powered by git (not by svn or CVS), and most of the major open-source projects migrated there. The interface was simple, and everything was perfect. And then something changed.

GitHub UI started to bloat, all kinds of "features" nobody asked for were implemented, and then the site became a SaaS. Now Microsoft hosts the bulk of open-source projects the world has to offer. GitHub has become a monopoly. If you don't keep your code there, chances are people won't notice your side projects. This bothers me.

Rant over. I hate internet monopolies.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

As an aside, anybody looking at alternatives or just similar tools should check out pijul which is another vcs that implements a very interesting algorithm for patches. They also host a very simple interface at https://nest.pijul.com.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Fun fact...

A few years ago Microsoft was granted a patent on using social media data left behind to resurrect dead people as chatbots.

The more GitHub is considered to be a social network, the more extending the content there (such as the maintenance of a popular sole-contributor project) fits into a patent protected usecase.

And now you know 🌈

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Haven't looked at LinkedIn in years, it's just full of low quality recruiters who "have the perfect full stack position for you" that's clearly a front-end or backend position using obscure languages you've got no interest in.

Glad I don't have to use these vultures

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (7 children)

We're going to need a replacement for github pretty soon.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, both of them have common ownership. Maybe just correlation and not causation, but I've definitely noticed these types of changes post acquisition.

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