Re:Show HN: Gitstarred [TAKE 2] - Get GitHub stars in seconds
by fiatjaf on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @10:16PM
(#18021137)
GitHub stars have no meaning anyway. Stuff like this will make that obvious and make people stop comparing and judging software by the number of stars they have on GitHub.
If GitHub were serious about stars they should limit the number of stars each user could give based on some criteria like the number of stars they had previously earned, or some other clever algorithm.
Re:Show HN: Gitstarred [TAKE 2] - Get GitHub stars in seconds
by ransom1538 on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @10:37AM
(#18015680)
Ok. Ok. This version now has more github repros to choose from! Yes I know some people hate the idea, but, it's just for fun. No this weekend project wont change how github works, or de-value github's star system.
Re:Show HN: Gitstarred [TAKE 2] - Get GitHub stars in seconds
by AdrianSetter on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @11:03AM
(#18015892)
Visitors beware: the website linked is trying to extract personal data from your browser, by using canvas data and other techniques.
Question for the author, why build this? Doesn't this give less meaning to stars on GitHub? If I would use this to star random repositories and then have bunch of random stars on my own repository, what's the value?
If GitHub were serious about stars they should limit the number of stars each user could give based on some criteria like the number of stars they had previously earned, or some other clever algorithm.
Question for the author, why build this? Doesn't this give less meaning to stars on GitHub? If I would use this to star random repositories and then have bunch of random stars on my own repository, what's the value?