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A comment on Ask HN: Why most people who use open source are so consumerist?.

Re:Ask HN: Why most people who use open source are so consum... by PaulHoule on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @09:54AM (#31260442)
You can't eat stars. What's the value?
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Re:Ask HN: Why most people who use open source are so consum... by antonreshetov on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @09:59AM (#31260508)
Stars on GitHub are a kind of rating. So why not give a star to the project you're using, since the cost is just your click.
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Re:Ask HN: Why most people who use open source are so consum... by rk2 on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @10:13AM (#31260706)
A star is also a good way of bookmarking a repo which you see yourself using in the future.. or just to watch its progress.
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