
5 Nov
2013
5 Nov
'13
9:14 a.m.
On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 2:00 AM, Carter Schonwald wrote: honestly this is getting a bit over complex and silly! Should we also have
google +1s and fb likes? What about # of blog posts? number of upvotes on
on reddit? These are all great marketing metrics, but they dont help an end
user understand which libs are *used*. github stars are not a measure of quality, but more of wow/coolness
factor. lets try to stick to metrics that correspond to library usage and volume
of developer activity +1
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