I know this is not related to the new profile pages, but it does relate to changes at Github, and I was reminded of it by the "public activity" mentioned in profiles.
I'm still rather disappointed at the loss of a useful homepage. I used to have a stream of activity for repositories I watched there (e.g.: rails), but ever since stars were introduced, this is no longer the case. I tried watching the repository again (instead of just starring it), but that results in me getting emails that I can't stop. So I either have to accept that I'll get an endless stream of emails every day along with an updated homepage, or just have a homepage that never changes.
I appreciate the work going into Github, but not all of it is for the better.
I wasn't aware of that setting, so thanks for sharing. But as joshtynjala pointed out, I would like to still receive email notifications for repositories that I own. This global setting seems to prevent that, though I will try it to determine if that is definitely the case.
Unfortunately, that turns off emails for all repos that I'm watching, including my own personal repos. I still want emails for my projects, but a nice news feed of commits and things on the website for everything else.
I'm still rather disappointed at the loss of a useful homepage. I used to have a stream of activity for repositories I watched there (e.g.: rails), but ever since stars were introduced, this is no longer the case. I tried watching the repository again (instead of just starring it), but that results in me getting emails that I can't stop. So I either have to accept that I'll get an endless stream of emails every day along with an updated homepage, or just have a homepage that never changes.
I appreciate the work going into Github, but not all of it is for the better.