I actually believe you ;-)
I just feel that some people might be put off participating if they
mostly see giant-sized commit posts here, rather than something
they'll find more useful. I would guess that 98% couldn't care less
about what's going on behind the API they are exposed to, yourself
excepted.
Hopefully the Google guys will sort out an RSS feed at some point,
which will at least give an indicator when the repository is updated.