[ozgrakkurt]

Vast majority of mid level experienced people take stars very seriously and they won't use anything under 100 stars.

I'm not supporting this view but it is what it is unfortunately.

VCs that invest based on stars do know something I guess or they are just bad investors.

IMO using projects based on start count is terrible engineering practice.

[tylergetsay]

I've seen the same devs refuse to use a library because the last commit was 3 months ago, despite the library being extremely popular, battle tested, and existing for 10 years.

[aledevv]

also and above all because it can be easily manipulated, as the research explained in the article actually demonstrates