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by halamadrid 57 days ago
Buying stars explicitly is one mechanism. Another one is running Hackathons in India or lower cost countries with a prize, which is qualified by "Starring" said repo.

Easily 1-3k stars per hackathon from student or hackathon participants for a cost of $1-5k. And some free marketing comes with too since participants may post on LinkedIn or other social media if they win something.