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minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoWho follows users on GitHub? Repos, branches, issues, PRs, sure. But users?
minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI follow TodePond because they have funny repos and star weird stuff.
minus-squarejasory@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoSome 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.
minus-squareEthan@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI have 13 followers on GitHub. A few are friends from college, the rest I have absolutely no clue why.
Who follows users on GitHub? Repos, branches, issues, PRs, sure. But users?
I follow TodePond because they have funny repos and star weird stuff.
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.
I have 13 followers on GitHub. A few are friends from college, the rest I have absolutely no clue why.