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

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?

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-31-million-fake-stars-on-github-projects-used-to-boost-rankings

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[-] natecox@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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