Github is not meant to be fun, it's meant to be like a pen.
A good pen can be enjoyable. Beautiful. You can feel attachement to it.
But it is not built to be played with. By that I mean it's not its primary function, even if a creative or bored mind can use it for that.
A good pen fullfills its intended purpose when it disapears from your mind while you use it, yielding to the writting that should be the center of your attention.
I don't think about github when I code. I just use it.
A lot of people (who may not even be professional programmers) are using GitHub for their hobby, i.e. "for fun". I don't think this is an invalid use case.
So do I, and I dread every second I have to interact with that horrible site. A pen does not spam you with "trending" stuff, rearranges its interface regularly or track your activity for the whole world to see.
Before the usual "just leave" comments: GH is a monopoly and one can be forced to use it, unless leaving includes leaving projects or even jobs.
Github is not meant to be fun, it's meant to be like a pen.
A good pen can be enjoyable. Beautiful. You can feel attachement to it.
But it is not built to be played with. By that I mean it's not its primary function, even if a creative or bored mind can use it for that.
A good pen fullfills its intended purpose when it disapears from your mind while you use it, yielding to the writting that should be the center of your attention.
I don't think about github when I code. I just use it.