Mumbai: <a href="/topic/Microsoft" target="_blank">Microsoft</a> is trying to make <a href="/topic/GitHub" target="_blank">GitHub</a>, the world's largest source code repository company, more social for the 50 million <a href="/topic/software-developers" target="_blank">software developers</a> who use it to host their coding projects. 
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<br>The tech conglomerate, which acquired GitHub in June 2018, has actively launched features since then to make the technical platform seem more socially interactive, often taking a page out of the social media playbook. 
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<br>In May, GitHub said it would launch <a href="/topic/GitHub-Discussions" target="_blank">GitHub Discussions</a>, a chatting interface that allows developers to have conversations within the platform. 
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<br>Simultaneously, it introduced an add-on feature called README that enables users to mention elaborate details of their coding work and background on their profile using text and pictures - the rest of the platform is fraught with coding languages like <a href="/topic/Java" target="_blank">Java</a>, <a href="/topic/Python" target="_blank">Python</a>, and Ruby, among others. 
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<br>Last year, GitHub added another aspect to enhance its social quotient, allowing users to set their profile status using emoticons. 
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