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💭 ᴍɪɴʏᴀᴇɴ@lemmy.ml to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish ·
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Over 3.1 million fake "stars" on GitHub projects used to boost rankings

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Over 3.1 million fake "stars" on GitHub projects used to boost rankings

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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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    Programming never needed these sorts of social media features in the first place. Do you part by getting your projects off of Microsoft’s social media platform used to try to sell you Copilot AI & take a cut of your donations to projects with Sponsors.

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      For reference, there is codeberg.org, operated by a German nonprofit and based on the open source Forgejo, among other open alternatives.

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      Federated repo hosting website when?

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        Forjego is looking into it.

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