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by bluehatbrit 2 days ago
Two reasons really. First, there have been instances of bot networks allowing people to buy stars on their repos. This was more common back a few years ago but I'm sure they still operate.

Second, stars don't denote usage or downloading of the code or app. Lots of people use them more as bookmarks which show interest but not much more.

I think if you go back a few years people really did think of GitHub stars as some kind of social proof. That seems to have largely come back around now, and while it's a sign that the project has some attention, there are better ways to see that it is active.

None of that is to devalue the work you've done. It does look like a nice and well thought through application.

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But the thing you said donnot experience why you so not wana try out the app. And if you really wana see the proof like that people are using the app that i only have the download of the file and reddit users feature requests I as a developer wants to know why you do not want to try out the app so I can improve