People dislike JIRA because they spend so much time adding metadata so they want a simpler format. They move to GitHub, which dislike because they want to add metadata to their issues. So they move to Phabricator, so they can properly add tons of metadata. People dislike Phabricator because they spend so much time adding metadata...<p>Obviously the finding the common ground between the two extremities would be optimal and obviously the both extremes can work for some. The simplicity of GitHub has always been the major feature of it for me and the low barrier of entry is always a huge plus. The added noise is inevitable but you can either ignore it, address it (by adding people just for triaging issues) or try to avoid it (by raising the barrier of entry).