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Aleksandra Fedorova :fedora: | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 I wonder who was that marketing/PO person who came up with the idea that users of Git forge are interested in seeing "trending repositories" in their dashboard.

Like what exactly "as a user of GitHib platform", I am supposed to do with this information?

Stop writing code I am writing and go write code for a trendy repo? Why? How? Where is logic in this?..
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Aleksandra Fedorova :fedora: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 If we treat "trending repos" block as advertisement, then it makes slightly more sense, but still, 

advertisement for an unrelated github repo(!) placed in front of me while I am trying to do some work..

how does it fit?
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Drew DeVault | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @5c91d587 github positions itself as a social network and a lot of its design decisions make more sense when you understand that (and are still awful)