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What? Github is a social networking company.

I'm a bit dumb about these things on text, but did you drop an "/s" somewhere? I understand it has sort of a social networking layer on top, but that is not its main function right? This would be like calling a calculator app a social networking app because it allows me to share my results :D.

GitHub has always branded itself as a "social collaboration platform" rather than anything else (well, first "git hosting" but secondly the social stuff).

Here is a early version of their landing page from 2008 (the year they launched): https://web.archive.org/web/20081111061111/http://github.com...

Notice the logo says "Social code hosting" and the messaging of the page is mostly around popular repositories, collaborative features and other social elements.

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