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by crisopolis 3294 days ago
Also their user onboarding literally forces a unknowing user to create a GitHub account then star their specific repository.

Making GitHub stars ultimately meaningless, if they ever meaned anything.

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I always assumed stars were just a form of bookmarking for me to find projects again easily, since there is no other method than 'watching', which results in too much info
These guys really care about Github stars.