= Microsoft thought of using this to make money. "You pay to make your repo show up on the trending section" , but realised GitHub isn't LinkedIn/Twitter/FB.
Another shortcoming of trending repos is language. I often see a trending repo in a language that I cannot read.<p>Some options are:<p>- Put a translation for me so my interest can be piqued.<p>- Let me choose which language I can read so you can personalize it.<p>- Figure it out based on repos I have starred or forked.