GitHub Launches New Algorithmic Feed
Richard Speed (via Hacker News):
As soon as the new feed arrived, replete with all kinds of exciting suggestions for developers to look at, the complaints began rolling in as users worried the recommendations were turning GitHub into something distressingly like a social media platform.
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GitHub pushed out a new beta version of its Home Feed earlier this week, with the avowed intention of developers reaching a wider audience and building communities. The plan is to make discovery easier and help users “find new repositories or users to follow based on your interests.”
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Not all users were upset by the appearance of the new feed, and GitHub staff popped up to promise that there would be an option to make one’s profile private and opt out of pretty much everything via a single setting. It will, however, take until late April before this option is likely to appear, they said.
Previously:
- Incentives in Product Design and Development
- Instagram Reintroduces Chronological Feed Option
- Twitter Makes It Harder to Choose Reverse Chronological Timeline
