Hard endorse, and note that this logic basically applies to platforms which are not normally considered social media.https://twitter.com/themattiejames/status/1105981992024313862 …
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I also think that one's work appearing in platform settings does not show it to best advantage for professional purposes, and I'm looking at Github specifically when I say that. The brand value of most code posted to Github accrues to Github, not to the person who wrote the code.
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I have been saying that for years, and devs don't believe me, because devs believe themselves capable of looking at a Github repository and doing engineering work to figure out who contributed to it, but most people won't do engineering work to self-modify to credit you.
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(Also note that literally the last time I was quoted on the BBC it was as, quote, "This page on Github.")
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Related thought: archive the heck out of anything you post in other-than-personal spaces that you want to keep over the long term.
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I appreciate the value of self determination/ownership but it feels like you sharply limit distribution if you aren’t already “patio11” well known. Any tips on how to avoid the cold start problem without a platform? (I’ve felt this sharply with blogging off places like medium)
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(Have to say this: I'm only "'patio11' well known" because I shipped a lot of text to the Internet over ~13 years.) Tactically, one can keep one's most valuable pieces in one's own space and use the distribution channels to point to it.
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