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> I thought the star button was a convenient way to keep track of projects you're interested in. Not exactly, as star numbers are made public, meaning it's als
by MaxBarraclough 6y ago
> I thought the star button was a convenient way to keep track of projects you're interested in.
Not exactly, as star numbers are made public, meaning it's also a form of public approval.
- sonotmyname 6y agoMore like a form of popularity, not necessarily approval.
- brigandish 6y agoGood point. I had a cross project issue come in to a small project of mine a few years ago. The maintainers of the other project actually brought up their much larger number of stars to (try to) belittle me. Since that day I’ve noticed the correlation between stars and the kind of response I’m apt to get, negative in both senses.