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Comment by bitbasher

3 months ago

GitHub is itself another social platform to chase the invisible algorithm.

You may share useful code, but because you have ten stars and FOOBAR has 2000, people will only take FOOBAR seriously.

You don't have badges on your readme? You don't have screenshots? You don't have achievements and a green square every day on your profile?

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truelinux1  3 months ago

You're 100% right - I'm human - I want visitors to clone my repos and try my applications. But yeah, it's just another place to get let down - GitHub is the last platform on which you're going to get famous. That's my point - I'm trying to train myself to view the code I've put on there, and know it's as good as it can be and have that be enough.

  • bitbasher  3 months ago

    I think you're on the right track-- it's alright to want to create and for your creations to be enjoyed by others (why else would one create?).

    Personally, I create and share via my own domain. I take full ownership of what I share and how I share it. There's less of a chance people "stumble" upon it, but the few who do enjoy it.