<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Topics tagged with fakestars]]></title><description><![CDATA[A list of topics that have been tagged with fakestars]]></description><link>https://forum.other.li/tags/fakestars</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:50:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.other.li/tags/fakestars.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[«Inside GitHub&#x27;s Fake Star Economy:]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>«Inside GitHub's Fake Star Economy:<br />Six million fake stars, $0.06 per click, and a VC funding pipeline that treats GitHub popularity as proof of traction. We ran our own analysis on 20 repos and found the fingerprints.»</p><p>Who trusts his blind faith in optical impressions that are almost incomprehensible?!??<br />Oh no, that's JUST marketing.</p><p><img src="https://forum.other.li/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f937.png?v=9aba40efd77" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--shrug" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🤷" alt="🤷" /> <a href="https://awesomeagents.ai/news/github-fake-stars-investigation/" rel="nofollow noopener"><span>https://</span><span>awesomeagents.ai/news/github-f</span><span>ake-stars-investigation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/github" rel="tag">#<span>github</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/stars" rel="tag">#<span>stars</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fakestars" rel="tag">#<span>fakestars</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/economy" rel="tag">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/vc" rel="tag">#<span>vc</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/business" rel="tag">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/coding" rel="tag">#<span>coding</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/cide" rel="tag">#<span>cide</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fingerprinting" rel="tag">#<span>fingerprinting</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/marketing" rel="tag">#<span>marketing</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/git" rel="tag">#<span>git</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.other.li/topic/238e3bfc-66b3-4d90-9b5d-60b17c939aa1/inside-github-s-fake-star-economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.other.li/topic/238e3bfc-66b3-4d90-9b5d-60b17c939aa1/inside-github-s-fake-star-economy</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[kubikpixel@chaos.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate></item></channel></rss>