Certainly, plenty places also are pushy about reminding people to star. There is no convention for what a star even means, so they've always been a pretty usele

Certainly, plenty places also are pushy about reminding people to star. There is no convention for what a star even means, so they've always been a pretty useless signal. Personally, a project hyping how many stars they have is a negative signal to me, and I don't really consider star count when evaluating things.