Tracking the Fake GitHub Star Black Market

Re:Tracking the Fake GitHub Star Black Market by newmac on Saturday March 18, 2023 @07:16AM (#35208063)

It is worth noting that it is trivial to buy fake stars for a project you are not affiliated with. The reason someone might do this would be to "test" the purchasing of fake stars without risking contaminating their own project.

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Re:Tracking the Fake GitHub Star Black Market by nvr219 on Saturday March 18, 2023 @07:44AM (#35208240)

I once bought a friend of mine a thousand Twitter followers as a prank. He wasn't happy.

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Re:Tracking the Fake GitHub Star Black Market by i_am_toaster on Saturday March 18, 2023 @08:52AM (#35208680)

As he should be, that wasn’t a well thought through prank.

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Re:Tracking the Fake GitHub Star Black Market by dr_petes on Saturday March 18, 2023 @09:56AM (#35209162)

Am I missing something, that seems like a decent prank. It’s harmless.

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Re:Tracking the Fake GitHub Star Black Market by xwdv on Saturday March 18, 2023 @10:05AM (#35209227)

No, his friends account is flagged as a spammer now and gets less visibility.

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Re:Tracking the Fake GitHub Star Black Market by moneywoes on Saturday March 18, 2023 @12:00PM (#35210154)

Where did you purchase that?

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Re:Tracking the Fake GitHub Star Black Market by nvr219 on Saturday March 18, 2023 @02:12PM (#35211617)

I wanna say I got it through Fiverr? This was like 8-10 years ago. I don't remember exactly.

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