[HN Gopher] GitHub: Private Profiles beta ___________________________________________________________________ GitHub: Private Profiles beta Author : judge2020 Score : 16 points Date : 2022-04-21 21:52 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (github.blog) (TXT) w3m dump (github.blog) | lmc wrote: | S'alright. More granular controls would be nice. | MaxLeiter wrote: | The screenshot in the post mentions hiding "leaderboards". What | are those in the context of github? Google isnt showing anything | bombcar wrote: | I took that to be these kind of things: | https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/graphs/contributors | martinwoodward wrote: | Martin from GitHub here. The "leaderboards" are actually what | you see as "Most Helpful" tables in GitHub Discussions (see | https://github.com/github/feedback/discussions for an example). | We should probably change the language on that settings screen | - thanks! | ushakov wrote: | i'd like to ask a question about the "Include private | contributions on my profile" feature | | if i'm a member of private org does it count my contributions | too? and if i'm no longer a member of the org are my | contributions still counted to my profile? | martinwoodward wrote: | Yes, and I think yes but I would need to test it to be | sure. I do know the contributions disappear if you only | have public contributions enabled and then turn a repo | private but if you have private enabled then as long as the | contributions still map to your ID it should show up. Does | it not work that way for you? | ushakov wrote: | the first one i can confirm, but the second one i | actually do not remember | | the scenario is the following: somebody invites me to | their org to do some work on their private repo, then | after the work is done they remove me from the org | | what i expect in this case is that my contributions are | still counted as long as the repository is on GitHub, | even when i'm no longer a member of the org | | it's a very minor feature but a very nice one for | contractors like me who want to show some progress! | martinwoodward wrote: | Sounds good - LMK if you find it's not working that way | for you. | nitrix wrote: | On a similar note, the screenshot should probably put emphasis | on the first bullet point "Make profile private and hide | activity". | | What jumps to the eye right now is that second option checked, | as if that's the new feature. | dhzhzjsbevs wrote: | I just discovered r/overemployed. And my biggest concern was the | fact my j1 is mostly open source on GitHub. | | Thank you Microsoft? Eugh nope. Still weird. | Shadonototra wrote: | Great! one thing that made me move away from github and actually | self host gitea was how invasive their social features were | without being able to opt out | ushakov wrote: | how is this feature good for GitHub as a community? | | GitHub has always been a social coding platform | | i remember what happened when VK allowed people to make their | profiles private | | everyone just made their VK profile private and now you can't see | beyond a person's name and avatar | | which sucks, because it makes VK look like a ghost town | | edit: why am i getting downvoted for asking a question? | [deleted] | reidjs wrote: | I think this is a great idea. Some people may choose not to use | the social aspects of github and prefer using it only as a | personal source code repository. | toomuchtodo wrote: | GitHub is using enterprise features as a revenue driver, | especially appsec tooling. There is a large cohort of users who | will need a GitHub profile for using GitHub, but the social | aspects would be a net negative. | | I personally love this feature and have been waiting forever | for it. Default to privacy over social features. | jreese wrote: | It also sucks when terrible people abuse public profiles to | harass and intimidate people. Privacy should always be an | option for those who want or need it, otherwise we indirectly | force marginalized people out of these spaces entirely. | ushakov wrote: | well social networks are _per se_ public profiles | | if make your whole profile private this would exclude you | from the network | encryptluks2 wrote: | Translation, how is privacy a good feature for users? | textadventure wrote: | Choice is generally good in my opinion. Considering what the | majority of Github is as a community I would very much doubt | that the majority is going to be making their profiles private. | Making it private makes no sense if you collaborate and | contribute with open source projects (or host your own), and it | doesn't help with having a public profile that you can | potentially show off to companies you want to be hired by. | | So who is this feature for? Those who have no interest in the | social aspects of Github and want to use it privately. I'm sure | that's going to be a minority. | charcircuit wrote: | I never use github's social features. They aren't useful to me | compared to their features like source code hosting, issues / | pull requests, wiki, and version release. | martinwoodward wrote: | FWIW we have a quite a bit of history of allowing people to | protect their privacy. | | https://github.blog/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you/ | | https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/setting-up-an... | | In this instance we don't think it will hurt the social coding | experience of open source and in fact might encourage folks who | would otherwise be put off. But we are testing this particular | feature and will keep iterating on it depending how things go | and what the feedback is. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-04-21 23:00 UTC)