• conciselyverbose
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    51 year ago

    User count absolutely matters for code hosting platforms, and it absolutely is a social network. Network effect is critical and the entire premise of this article.

      • conciselyverbose
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        31 year ago

        They’re the exact same thing. There is no distinction that can theoretically be made.

        The reason projects are choosing GitHub over alternatives is because they know, with certainty, that they will get far less interaction with their project anywhere else.