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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by minyaen@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

This doesn't surprise me at all... Just like bots in games. Selling a service that benefits another. Its shady, but definitely believable.

Also, what if this is an actual viable way to "market" for an open source project?

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-31-million-fake-stars-on-github-projects-used-to-boost-rankings

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[-] aliser@lemmy.world 27 points 5 days ago

my first thought. I usually rely on stars for "trustworthiness" of random projects before running their code.

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 days ago

Ironically an open source project with under 100 stars now seems more trustworthy by default because you can be sure they aren't lying

this post was submitted on 31 Dec 2024
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