[HN Gopher] GitHub is removing the Trending Repositories page
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       GitHub is removing the Trending Repositories page
        
       I check this page almost every day to discover new and interesting
       projects and keep track of what's happening in the open source
       community. Unfortunately as of today, the following message is
       displayed on the Trending Repositories page:  > Heads up! This
       Trending tab is being deprecated. Due to low usage of Trending
       Repositories and Trending Developers, this tab will no longer be
       available beginning September 30, 2022. For questions and feedback,
       please visit GitHub Community.  https://github.com/trending
        
       Author : thorum
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2022-09-01 18:59 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
       | MuffinFlavored wrote:
       | Damn, it's literally on my bookmark bar.
       | 
       | Oh well! lol
       | 
       | Maybe we'll see an uptick of things posted on HackerNews instead?
        
       | coolspot wrote:
       | There are only two bookmarks on my browser's home page:
       | hcknews.com and github/trending
       | 
       | Seeing other people saying that they are visiting github/trending
       | every day too, I can't understand how it is "low usage"
        
       | adamdusty wrote:
       | I check this page daily and have found many interesting projects
       | and even learned languages because I was interested in a project
       | I found on the trending page. Ultimately it doesn't affect me
       | much, but I'll be sad when it's gone.
        
       | Rychard wrote:
       | I've been using this for quite a few years now, and I've found a
       | number of great projects using it:
       | 
       | https://github.com/vitalets/github-trending-repos
        
       | RileyJames wrote:
       | I wonder if this is due to a lack of usage of the trending pages
       | or adverse effects of attempts to game the trending system.
       | 
       | Even a slight increase in spam, manipulation and gamification of
       | GitHub features would have a significantly adverse effect for a
       | huge audience, and the perception of quality towards the GitHub
       | product.
       | 
       | That would need to be carefully balanced against usage of
       | "trending". And if trending is causing the increase, it's a
       | pretty clear trade off.
       | 
       | It's a pity we can't have nice things. But this could be rebuilt
       | outside of GitHub.
        
       | klysm wrote:
       | How is this "low usage"? I look at this every day and the query
       | can't be hard to run right? There has to be some other motive for
       | removing this that I don't understand.
        
       | kelthuzad wrote:
       | I loved exploring the trending page for languages I don't even
       | know, especially really esoteric ones.
        
       | Kukumber wrote:
       | And yet still no dashboard about the activities of my
       | contributions
       | 
       | I have to juggle between multiple poorly designed interfaces and
       | emails to get track of my contributions
        
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       | bboytwist wrote:
       | This page is literally heart and soul of the Open Source. No idea
       | who in the world got that "great" idea
        
         | kalupa wrote:
         | I wonder if it's a Microsoft strategy ...
        
           | playingalong wrote:
           | I am far from being a MS fan, but you cannot classify each
           | bad decision from GitHub as coming from MS.
        
       | pootpucker wrote:
        
       | playingalong wrote:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_balloon
        
       | jbenner-radham wrote:
       | I haven't looked at the GitHub API in a long time but I wonder if
       | it would be possible for a 3rd party to replicate this
       | functionality using the GitHub API.
        
         | RileyJames wrote:
         | Yes, quite easily I'd suggest. I've built a GitHub analytics
         | tool on top of their api. Primarily for internal metrics &
         | tracking community engagement. The api makes a lot available,
         | it's very open. For public repos you can get lots of stats
         | around activity and community engagement that would enable
         | monitoring/projecting growth.
        
           | jbenner-radham wrote:
           | Thanks for the response! Looks like I have a new project to
           | start on this weekend.
        
       | DaveFr wrote:
       | There is still https://github.com/explore. Are they getting rid
       | of a universal feed in favor of a personalized feed? I really
       | hope not.
        
       | rfrec0n wrote:
       | This is weird and the low usage thing seems totally incorrect.
       | Pretty much everyone I know who knows about GitHub uses the
       | trending page.
        
       | bigredhdl wrote:
       | Noooo! I love perusing this list.
        
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