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Well, because it is. What scares me is those constant attempts to turn software projects into social gatherings.

Yeah, like GitHub. Can you believe how socialist their intro statement is:

"GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over 12.4 million people use GitHub to build amazing things together."

I mean, it doesn't use the word 'technical' once!

While the language Github uses to describe themselves has become increasingly "social", and "sharing" and basically political, their success is backed by solid tech and innovation. All the sharing and social aspect of the website is a byproduct of the innovation and technical superiority (owed in part to git).

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