Over 3.1 million fake "stars" on GitHub projects used to boost rankings

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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Also cybersecurity implications here. Nefarious actors can prop up their evildoings with fake stars and pose as legitimate projects.
- my first thought. I usually rely on stars for "trustworthiness" of random projects before running their code.
  
  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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