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What do stars even represent, really, apart from any gaming that may or may not be taking place? I doubt that people star things on github for the same reasons
by tomsmeding 4y ago
What do stars even represent, really, apart from any gaming that may or may not be taking place?
I doubt that people star things on github for the same reasons. And certain people star _far_ more things than other people. Hence even if the metric means something, it's going ti be very biased.
Poll: roughly how many stars do you award per month on github, and roughly on what basis do you award stars?
I'll start: I award maybe 1 star per month if not less. Basis: projects of close friends or spectacular demonstrations of some sort.
- forgotpwd16 4y agoA ton. Usually metric is ("is interesting" or "looks good and may want to check it in some later date") and "it works".
- 3np 4y agoI use stars as bookmarks. Anything I may want to come back to in the future may get a star. Projects I'm deeply familiar with won't need one.
- epakai 4y agoProbably similar, 1 a month. I'm using them for bookmarks, but they also get copied by a github-backup cronjob.