Before seeing the video I posted my theory here [0] on where the spam was originating from and it seems this pretty much completes the explanation I gave that it's a classic case of academic spam [1].

That type of spam, especially on GitHub (so by folks trying to get into IT) really only reinforces the stereotype that 95% of Indian IT students can't code [3] [4].

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24645000

[1] https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/41687/what-is-b...

[3] https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/95-engineers-...

[4] https://restofworld.org/2020/india-engineering-degree/