<![CDATA[Maybe we should start a gofundme/kickstarter to buy a load of stars on a repo that simply says “don’t use GitHub stars as a source of trust”?]]>Maybe we should start a gofundme/kickstarter to buy a load of stars on a repo that simply says “don’t use GitHub stars as a source of trust”?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/ee6b4ae1-9ffa-41f0-9018-9915acaba830/maybe-we-should-start-a-gofundme-kickstarter-to-buy-a-load-of-stars-on-a-repo-that-simply-says-don-t-use-github-stars-as-a-source-of-trustRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 04:17:27 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2026 20:09:06 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Maybe we should start a gofundme/kickstarter to buy a load of stars on a repo that simply says “don’t use GitHub stars as a source of trust”? on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:10:35 GMT]]>@andrewnez You had a typo.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/manland/statuses/116447578422524932https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/manland/statuses/116447578422524932Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:10:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Maybe we should start a gofundme/kickstarter to buy a load of stars on a repo that simply says “don’t use GitHub stars as a source of trust”? on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:35:38 GMT]]>@ehmatthes @andrewnez No worries. It's pure joy every time I see it quoted.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/webology/statuses/116444609834633253https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/webology/statuses/116444609834633253Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:35:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Maybe we should start a gofundme/kickstarter to buy a load of stars on a repo that simply says “don’t use GitHub stars as a source of trust”? on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:31:20 GMT]]>@andrewnez or the green “verified” that’s just a txt record to any domain no one actually mouses over to view and is unavailable in the org endpoint api.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/badsamurai/statuses/116444592872688372https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/badsamurai/statuses/116444592872688372Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:31:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Maybe we should start a gofundme/kickstarter to buy a load of stars on a repo that simply says “don’t use GitHub stars as a source of trust”? on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:16:09 GMT]]>@webology @andrewnez I could tag you every time I repeat that quote, but I have too much respect for your timeline.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ehmatthes/statuses/116444533177686154https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ehmatthes/statuses/116444533177686154Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:16:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Maybe we should start a gofundme/kickstarter to buy a load of stars on a repo that simply says “don’t use GitHub stars as a source of trust”? on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:14:35 GMT]]>@ehmatthes @andrewnez Sounds like something I would say. 🤣

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/webology/statuses/116444527054032478https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/webology/statuses/116444527054032478Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:14:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Maybe we should start a gofundme/kickstarter to buy a load of stars on a repo that simply says “don’t use GitHub stars as a source of trust”? on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:10:21 GMT]]>@andrewnez "GitHub stars are good for measuring the number of stars a project on GitHub has."

(I should have attributed this to @webology)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ehmatthes/statuses/116444510359445396https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ehmatthes/statuses/116444510359445396Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:10:21 GMT