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minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoWho follows users on GitHub? Repos, branches, issues, PRs, sure. But users?
minus-squarejasory@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months 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-up2·7 months agoI have 13 followers on GitHub. A few are friends from college, the rest I have absolutely no clue why.
minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoI follow TodePond because they have funny repos and star weird stuff.
Who follows users on GitHub? Repos, branches, issues, PRs, sure. But users?
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.
I follow TodePond because they have funny repos and star weird stuff.