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Star count has some interesting side effects. On one hand, it incentivizes people to produce something popular — and by proxy something useful. On the other han
by qudat 4y ago
Star count has some interesting side effects. On one hand, it incentivizes people to produce something popular — and by proxy something useful. On the other hand it can be cause addictive behaviors.
What’s even worse is the notion that my employer requires me to use a social networking site for my day to day operations.
https://bower.sh/github-as-social-network https://bower.sh/github-as-social-network
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- bombolo 4y agoPopular and good are only loosely related.
- rikroots 4y agoStar counts on a repo are both essential for devs who need to assess a range of libraries/products for possible use in their own product (as indirect indicators of support, community, etc), and yet also toxic for anyone trying to build a new library/product in an established niche (everyone ignores repos with low star counts). Clearly if I was serious about marketing/promoting my library then asking people to star the repo would be high on the list of asks. Sadly I am not that person.
- scajanus 4y agoOn the other hand, having starring a repo made into a game will skew the stars' usability in gauging a project's popularity or quality. Maybe the "most starred repo for X" is just made by someone who's really into collecting badges or marketing.