Show HN: Gitstarred [TAKE 2] - Get GitHub stars in seconds

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by ransom1538 • 8 years ago

2 4 8 years ago

ransom15382• 8 years ago

Ok. Ok. This version now has more github repros to choose from! Yes I know some people hate the idea, but, it's just for fun. No this weekend project wont change how github works, or de-value github's star system.

ransom15382• 8 years ago

375 stars given out so far!!

AdrianSetter• 8 years ago

Visitors beware: the website linked is trying to extract personal data from your browser, by using canvas data and other techniques.

Question for the author, why build this? Doesn't this give less meaning to stars on GitHub? If I would use this to star random repositories and then have bunch of random stars on my own repository, what's the value?

fiatjaf• 8 years ago

GitHub stars have no meaning anyway. Stuff like this will make that obvious and make people stop comparing and judging software by the number of stars they have on GitHub.

If GitHub were serious about stars they should limit the number of stars each user could give based on some criteria like the number of stars they had previously earned, or some other clever algorithm.

Show HN: Gitstarred [TAKE 2] - Get GitHub stars in seconds

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