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I star projects that have caught my attention and might be relevant for my work, or that I will need to reference later. I don't see how this relates to a displ
by rglullis 6y ago
I star projects that have caught my attention and might be relevant for my work, or that I will need to reference later. I don't see how this relates to a display of gratitude.
- the_arun 6y agoWouldn’t “star” express gratitude?
- rglullis 6y agoInterest, relevance? Yes. Gratitude, not so much.
- bamboleo 6y agoMight thought exactly. I wonder if GitHub would change Star to Thanks. Unstar however would become “No thanks”
- corobo 6y agoSaying "thank you" expresses an infinite amount more gratitude than someone taking half a second to click a button. Please don't boil positivity down into just another dopamine fix. It's so fucking fake. Star too, donate too, whatever you'd like to do normally too but nothing beats actually using your words
- the_arun 6y agoIf you put it that way, I think GitHub could enable a platform feature to collect finance contributions from fans/users. Heck, even licensing costs. That makes open source programmers earn some money as well - of course along with a text field to say “thanks”.
- dmitryminkovsky 6y agoYeah that’s the issue: “star” doesn’t have clearly defined semantics, so everyone uses them in their own way. In addition to bookmarking, I do star for gratitude because having repos with stars is very advantageous for contributors. I really appreciate getting stars on many levels.