Comment by cedws
11 hours ago
I came to a similar conclusion - that GitHub benefits from a network effect similar to social media. I would really like to leave GitHub, but it's where stuff is happening. Any company seriously looking to replace GitHub should pay some attention the social network aspect of it.
> Any company seriously looking to replace GitHub should pay some attention the social network aspect of it.
Indeed. And I would say it is not just social signals but even non-social authority signals.
E.g. how many other projects depend on this projects and how many downloads happen for its artifacts.
You can see some of these on package registries like npm and pypi where their authority signals help people choose between the right libraries.