Over 3.1 million fake "stars" on GitHub projects used to boost rankings
Over 3.1 million fake "stars" on GitHub projects used to boost rankings
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?
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shouldn't this sort of thing destroy your algorithm ranking
Github is very naive and has 0 protection against spam-stars and multi-accounts.
Yes, and its strange
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