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Over 3.1 million fake "stars" on GitHub projects used to boost rankings(lemmy.ml)

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This doesn’t surprise me at all… Just like bots in games. Selling a service that benefits another. Its shady, but definitely believable.

Also, what if this is an actual viable way to “market” for an open source project?

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-31-million-fake-stars-on-github-projects-used-to-boost-rankings

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Lemmchen@feddit.org
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But stars equal discoverabiliy, or at least contribute a good chunk to it.

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JoeKrogan@lemmy.world
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Sure if you browse by github but in my use of the site over the years I go to the repo from the webpage of the project or from another source such as a link from a blog or something.

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CrypticCoffee@lemmy.mlM
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I never went with a software project from random scrolling. It has no value to me if it doesn’t meet a need I have right now.

No contributor is going to be good that doesn’t use it.

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