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Re:The Book of Secret Knowledge – A collection of lists, blo... by peruvian on Sunday February 17, 2019 @01:22PM (#19185888)
> What's causing the rise of these curated lists?

People with good intentions that want a repo with a high star count. Getting over 500 stars on these readme-only/awesome/"curated" list is very easy.

The problem is that curating these lists isn't easy work - people will throw 50+ PRs at you adding their random project. Most maintainers blindly accept them and then the list becomes useless.

Sindre (original awesome list author) is one of the few who actually curates their lists.

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Re:The Book of Secret Knowledge – A collection of lists, blo... by trimstray on Sunday February 17, 2019 @03:27PM (#19186659)
I do it only for stars... really man? Creating and maintaining such a list is not a simple thing. It's not awesome or other shit in the name.

This is a collection of my short notes, one-liners, useful links, tools and more. I added it to gh, to share with others and get other interesting things. Not for stars! The amount of them is obviously nice but not crucial.

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Re:The Book of Secret Knowledge – A collection of lists, blo... by dqpb on Sunday February 17, 2019 @03:43PM (#19186775)
What is the value of GitHub stars?
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Re:The Book of Secret Knowledge – A collection of lists, blo... by jplayer01 on Sunday February 17, 2019 @04:06PM (#19186912)
You're worth more as a person with more stars. They're like upvotes, basically.
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Re:The Book of Secret Knowledge – A collection of lists, blo... by pizzazzaro on Monday February 18, 2019 @01:00AM (#19188901)
>worth more as a person

LOL! Social Capital gone insanely, nakedly wrong? Or just a Freudian-style slip?

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Re:The Book of Secret Knowledge – A collection of lists, blo... by jplayer01 on Monday February 18, 2019 @01:51AM (#19189017)
It's meant tongue-in-cheek, not seriously.
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