Comment by benwilber0
4 days ago
Github was a "social network" from its very beginning. The whole premise was geared around git hosting and "social coding". I don't think it became enshittified later since that was the entire value proposition from day 1.
Funny, I'm pretty sure I paid them just so I don't have to maintain my own git hosting.
I never even noticed the stupid stars until they started being mentioned on HN.
There are tons of places you can use for simple git hosting. The only reason to use github over the others is due to the social factors. Because everyone already has an account on it so they can easily file issues, PRs, etc. For simple git hosting, github leaves a lot to be desired.
See the tagline under the logo, May 14, 2008: https://web.archive.org/web/20080514210148/http://github.com...
I'm sorry, but I never read the main github site. I only spend a few seconds on it when my login expires and I need my repository list.
99.99999% of my interaction is via git pull and push :)
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