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Sure. For example:

http://www.githire.com/user/tom3q has a bunch of repos and a score of 2.79.

http://www.githire.com/user/ukanga has basically nothing and a score of 5.33.

Is it this one :) ?

http://www.michael-noll.com/projects/spear-algorithm/

So it's based on inbound links (aka popularity)?

If it is, it becomes an SEO game, which defeats the purpose of such a ranking system. I'd rather hire someone who is passionate about something, designs well, and writes good code. Their page ranking doesn't help me with that.

All I really see here is a "who's who" of the popular kids.