As much as I love GitHub, I think the exploration paradigm could use a little work -- it seems to have something of a flywheel effect, where popular repositories receive more exposure, thus more stars/forks/watches, thus appear as 'trending', thus become more popular. (For example: currently trending as #3 in Python today is the official Django repository; and trending as #2 today is the official AirBNB javascript style guide, which has been boasting around 4,000 stars and hasn't been updated in around ten years.)<p>I'd kill for a GitHub StumbleUpon: click a button (filtering for, say, vertical or programming language) and get transported to a repository that has a baseline level of merit (say, at least three stars).
A bit confusing that there isn't any submit button or other indicator that shows me that my preference is saved.<p>Otherwise, a cool feature; didn't know about it until now.
Like it! Let's hope it comes in right time (before morning/during night in Spain) so I can read it with the morning coffee.<p>However, I would have loved to select which language/languages I'm interested in since if a project is in Python it's not as interesting for me as if it was in JavaScript.
I really like the way github is doing this. I'm irritated by the way other sites (linkedin, quora) automatically assume I must want their emails every <i>X</i> interval. I like that with github I can choose how frequently I get emails and that it's opt-in.
I built an iPhone app that shows you all of the trending repositories that use the languages you like. It's called Repo; if you're interested in checking it out, you can download it (for free) by going to:<p><a href="http://appstore.com/repo" rel="nofollow">http://appstore.com/repo</a>
Would be pretty great to have this as an RSS feed (one daily/weekly/monthly item). I hesitate to subscribe to the email, but I wouldn't mind getting a the daily version in my RSS feeds.<p>Now that I mention it, some kind of service where I could get all emails from as RSS would be pretty neat.<p>EDIT: Seems like there is one! <a href="http://www.mmmmail.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mmmmail.com/</a> However, I'm hardly able to just change my github email to that and have password reset emails etc be available to the public in the RSS feed. Best solution would be some kind of Gmail filter, where all emails with a specific tag would be available in the feed.
It would be awesome if they tracked something like most used repositories, not just most starred. Like <a href="https://sourcegraph.com/repos" rel="nofollow">https://sourcegraph.com/repos</a>
For some reason I have a suspicion that Github Trending is game-able. I tweeted once about this suspect repo that had 3000+ stars and all it said was something like "Hello to all github trending viewers" or something along those lines.<p>Link to the author of that repo: <a href="https://github.com/mandatoryprogrammer" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/mandatoryprogrammer</a><p>What remains of the repo is visible in his profile.<p>Anybody have a clue as to how he did it?
Firstly, I really love github explore. Having said that I still have yet to feel the need for one of these services that blindsides me with content just because I forgot I need it.<p>I understand that it drives more traffic to the site, but is it really worth saving the time of typing <a href="https://github.com/explore" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/explore</a>?
I've been subscribing to GithubArchive for awhile now, they send me top new & watched repos right in my inbox daily. I think we should check it out:<p><a href="http://www.githubarchive.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.githubarchive.org/</a>
Is there a way to set the Explore emails to go to a different address than the primary? I set my primary as my work address, because most of my repos are work-related, but I'd like this email to go to my gmail.
I love to use <a href="http://www.githubarchive.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.githubarchive.org/</a> . Found it on 'Show HN' half a year ago or so.
Cool idea. I thought every day wouldn't be as special, so I went for every week. I'm looking forward to seeing some new projects...maybe some to contribute to.
I don't know everyone but exploring github day to day is an entertainment for me. Your thought about mail is good but doesn't work for some people.
My email is already too full -- how about a Twitter feed? My friend did this one:<p><a href="https://twitter.com/mathisonian/status/399348431291817985" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/mathisonian/status/399348431291817985</a>