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by bellerose 2609 days ago
I always star the main packages I use on GitHub but I realize I'm missing out on the required packages being used as well. It would be nice if an alternative sprung up that was p2p truly decentralized by developers and intertwined with where developers typically host their repositories.
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What does starring on GitHub accomplish? Isn't it just like a bookmark?
It's sometimes used as a proxy to signal how "important" and "popular" something is.