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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by minyaen@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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This doesn't surprise me at all... Just like bots in games. Selling a service that benefits another. Its shady, but definitely believable.

Also, what if this is an actual viable way to "market" for an open source project?

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[-] Gork@lemm.ee 126 points 11 months ago

Also cybersecurity implications here. Nefarious actors can prop up their evildoings with fake stars and pose as legitimate projects.

[-] aliser@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

my first thought. I usually rely on stars for "trustworthiness" of random projects before running their code.

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago

Ironically an open source project with under 100 stars now seems more trustworthy by default because you can be sure they aren't lying

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