[donwb]

It works for me b/c the bulk of my "friends" on facebook are also devs, so they get it. Plus, while GitHub does have a newsfeed, it's always an overload of information.. I think this makes it easier to keep up with friends coding activity.

I assume my non-developer friends don't understand it, so they just ignore it.

[mathrawka]

The beauty of how Facebook bubbles up relevant information is what makes it work best. My mom may have seen it once, but probably won't see it much anymore.