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Over 3.1 million fake "stars" on GitHub projects used to boost rankings (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This doesn't surprise me at all... Just like bots in games. Selling a service that benefits another. Its shady, but definitely believable.

Also, what if this is an actual viable way to "market" for an open source project?

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-31-million-fake-stars-on-github-projects-used-to-boost-rankings

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[–] natecox 1 points 6 days ago

It’s frustrating to write something cool that you think others will really benefit from and just never see any adoption, while yet another cookie cutter project has like hundreds of stars.

That’s why I just write super niche things now that only a handful of people will ever even want. This way I can convince myself that the stars don’t matter haha.