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Re:We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git by thwarted on Friday April 10, 2026 @12:28AM (#47713648)
> or whatever GitHub and the like are called

GitHub is a social networking site that just so happens to have code hosting related features.

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Re:We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git by Hamuko on Friday April 10, 2026 @03:33AM (#47714796)
People keep saying this but I can't really find much anything social about GitHub.
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Re:We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git by toyg on Friday April 10, 2026 @04:53AM (#47715337)
Some people spend most of their time in issues and PRs, which are social features mapping social interactions.
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Re:We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git by Hamuko on Friday April 10, 2026 @08:27AM (#47717081)
Is Bugzilla also a social network?
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Re:We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git by toyg on Friday April 10, 2026 @11:12AM (#47719373)
To the degree that it emphasizes communication between individuals over being a dumb database, yes, a bugtracker can be a social network. Bugzilla is a bit too close to the "database" side of the spectrum, whereas GitHub is at the other end; Jira sits somewhat in the middle.
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Re:We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git by petepete on Friday April 10, 2026 @06:21AM (#47715937)
You can follow, star, favourite and comment on things, you get a feed where recent updates on stuff/people you've interacted are listed, you can customise your profile page with snippets about yourself, a photo, a status, contact info and add whatever else you want (including more photos, images, charts etc) in markdown. It now has discussions which are essentially a forum.

It's as much a social network/collaboration tool as it is place to store your code these days.

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