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Forrst now uses GitHub auth to let developers skip the invite queue

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83 pointskylebragger38 comments

Be nice if they could fix the https if I'm going to be entering a password... https://forrst.com/ currently goes to an Apache 2 Test Page.

I got an error saying my account wasn't old enough or there weren't enough active repositories.

I'll admit I don't have many active repositories but I have had a github account for development on a private repository for over a year and a half.

What's the number of active repositories you need to be able to skip the invite step?

Try again, this should be fixed.

Hmm.. still no beans.

If any members are willing here is my application: Edit: Thank you guys.. got an invite :)

I voted your application just incase this still hasn't been resolved.

Thank you

I am happy my GitHub account was accepted, I am just curious what the selection criteria are.

I have 4 coderwall badges ) http://coderwall.com/gourneau

It involves account age + number of repositories you own, more or less.

You just gave me a great idea re: coderwall :)

Make sure to check this out if you want to use the coderwall api. https://github.com/icebreaker/proudify

I've had a GitHub account for about 2 months and have 3 public repos. Haven't done much on it and I got accepted.

I don't like that it wants to access your private repo info and that I can't find, with a quick Google, what it will be able to do / read from my repo's.

> Update your public and private repository info

Sorry about that. We had to request private access since we figured not everyone with an active account would necessarily have public repos. Going to change it to only look at public for now.

Why do you need the rights to update any of those?

Well, unfortunately, we don't. But GitHub's API is very terse. We can either read/write to private repos, or we can't access private repos at all.

We've updated the algorithms to not be as concerned to the number of private repos.

Is Forrst worth the trouble?

I just made an account... can't really say I see any compelling reason to recommend that others do so though.

In my opinion, if you're looking to network, it's worth it.

I look at it like an implicit dating site for programmers/designers; people are showcasing who they are & if you're interested, you can reach out.

It's very good community for getting feedback, IMO.

disclaimer: The founder (Kyle Bragger) was a speaker at my conference.

Would be really interested in an opinion from someone 'on the inside'. Seems cool from the outside, but probably just because it's a "selective" club

It's OK-ish but 1) it's rather hard to navigate or find things (maybe because I'm used to 'traditional' news-feed type of sites) and 2) I find it hard to 'network' since if you're thrown in there knowing nobody, how are you going to 'network'? You can 'like' (or 'follow' or whatever it's called) people, and then you have a distinct 'feed' where you can see the updates from those people. And of course you can 'comment' on people's posts, but in the end I'm not really seeing much in it.

I have logged in several times in the past year, posted comments, read posts. It is a focused community website with a bit of exclusivity due to invites.

The hype confuses me. I have asked other developers and they think the same... it's too basic at the moment. It's one of those websites that has potential, but we are still waiting for it to deliver.

That depends. I browse it 3-4 times a day and it's a great source of inspiration, links to news I've missed on Twitter and some new programming snippets. It's filled with CSS3 / HTML5 snippets lately so from a front-end POV it's a great place to learn / expand your knowledge.

I have my code at launchpad.net https://code.launchpad.net/~shreekantbohra/ anyone kind enough to vote my application ? http://forrst.com/i/X6g

My github account didn't let me in, but then again I only have one repo that I use to store my vim dotfiles and suchlike. So, job done on Forrst's part, I suppose.

I am a developer though, for my sins, and would appreciate a vote or two. Or, ideally, three.

(removed the link to my profile, as some of you very kindly voted me in)

I tried using my github account. Forrst didn't seem to recognize it... ? My application is here: http://forrst.com/i/5cW github here: https://github.com/organizations/batchblue

Thanks!

Very odd, we'll take a look.

Anyone else getting an error page during app authorization? Here is the broken URL it's taking me to:

http://timber.devel:3003/?error=redirect_uri_mismatch

My github profile didn't seem to get me in. Anyone mind voting on my request?

http://forrst.com/i/5c9

Done. Mind sharing how old your account is and how many public/private repos you have? We're trying to tune things on our end.

Thanks! I have 2 (prety slow) public repos, and have been a member of github since dec 22, 2010.

I think it might be a bit lenient, I have 0 public repos, 4 private repos and each of these has maybe 1 or 2 commits, seems quite lenient!

My github account didn't get me in either. It's about 2,5 years old and has 11 public repos. Not very active by any means, but not dead either :)

If anyone is so inclined, you can vote for me here: http://forrst.com/i/5cV

I'm looking at this. Should have let you in.

My account is about 8 months old with 9 public repos. Maybe the guys over there are tweaking this as we speak but it let me in.

I had a similar thing - just seems to have not really done anything (and there wasn't really any messaging to say "no, that's not good enough" or the like). What is it looking at on Github. A lot of my work on there is either in private repos or as part of Github organisations (also largely private!)

Well, the application is http://forrst.com/i/5fk anyway if anyone wants to vote that in. Maybe it's the fact that I really need to point my site to my actual up to date blog...

Mine got me in just fine. I've been a member for a long while and have a lot of repos, though.

I have two inactive repos and still got in. I don't think I deserved this privilege.

I have been updating a few repos on Github daily and got in without a hitch. Nice.

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