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> What's causing the rise of these curated lists? People with good intentions that want a repo with a high star count. Getting over 500 stars on these readme-o

> What's causing the rise of these curated lists? People with good intentions that want a repo with a high star count. Getting over 500 stars on these readme-only/awesome/"curated" list is very easy. The problem is that curating these lists isn't easy work - people will throw 50+ PRs at you adding their random project. Most maintainers blindly accept them and then the list becomes useless. Sindre (original awesome list author) is one of the few who actually curates their lists.

trimstray 8y ago
I do it only for stars... really man? Creating and maintaining such a list is not a simple thing. It's not awesome or other shit in the name. This is a collection of my short notes, one-liners, useful links, tools and more. I added it to gh, to share with others and get other interesting things. Not for stars! The amount of them is obviously nice but not crucial.
- bleh123 8y ago
  To be fair, i find this very useful. One of the issues i've run into time and again while trying to consolidate a big chunk of my "Understanding" of a field such as CS over to someone who's got questions like "Where do i start? Where do i go from there?" has always been putting into context the wide array of topics out there and the many different rabbit holes you may end up going down based on what you're interested in. Great societies enable education frameworks that allow for total n00bs to be hit with an ocean of knowledge and walk out smarter, i really appreciate the people in this day and age taking their precious time out to consolidate lists like these. Thank you!
dqpb 8y ago
What is the value of GitHub stars?
- jplayer01 8y ago
  You're worth more as a person with more stars. They're like upvotes, basically.
  - pizzazzaro 8y ago
    >worth more as a person LOL! Social Capital gone insanely, nakedly wrong? Or just a Freudian-style slip?
    - jplayer01 8y ago
      It's meant tongue-in-cheek, not seriously.

trimstray 8y ago

I do it only for stars... really man? Creating and maintaining such a list is not a simple thing. It's not awesome or other shit in the name. This is a collection of my short notes, one-liners, useful links, tools and more. I added it to gh, to share with others and get other interesting things. Not for stars! The amount of them is obviously nice but not crucial.

bleh123 8y ago
To be fair, i find this very useful. One of the issues i've run into time and again while trying to consolidate a big chunk of my "Understanding" of a field such as CS over to someone who's got questions like "Where do i start? Where do i go from there?" has always been putting into context the wide array of topics out there and the many different rabbit holes you may end up going down based on what you're interested in. Great societies enable education frameworks that allow for total n00bs to be hit with an ocean of knowledge and walk out smarter, i really appreciate the people in this day and age taking their precious time out to consolidate lists like these. Thank you!

dqpb 8y ago

What is the value of GitHub stars?

jplayer01 8y ago
You're worth more as a person with more stars. They're like upvotes, basically.
- pizzazzaro 8y ago
  >worth more as a person LOL! Social Capital gone insanely, nakedly wrong? Or just a Freudian-style slip?
  - jplayer01 8y ago
    It's meant tongue-in-cheek, not seriously.