Star counts on a repo are both essential for devs who need to assess a range of libraries/products for possible use in their own product (as indirect indicators of support, community, etc), and yet also toxic for anyone trying to build a new library/product in an established niche (everyone ignores repos with low star counts).

Clearly if I was serious about marketing/promoting my library then asking people to star the repo would be high on the list of asks. Sadly I am not that person.