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GitHub is slowly prioritizing social features over developer tools and experience. The number of devs concerned with GitHub Stars these days is a little concern
by syndicatedjelly 2y ago
GitHub is slowly prioritizing social features over developer tools and experience. The number of devs concerned with GitHub Stars these days is a little concerning. I feel like at least once a week, I see a post on HN asking for ways to boost their stars on their GitHub repos.
- kristopolous 2y agoThey can apparently be purchased like metrics on any other platform. People have used them in cons whereby they clone a legitimate project, add a backdoor, then buy the stars and SEO it to get people to clone the bad repo