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1 commit. A whole repo. You guess.
2.2k stars, 252 forks, repository created 1 day ago.
It really beg on me the question "how did they even get this much star"
I used to see those "stars" are the indicator for if the repo is good or not and now it useless because of AI bullshit
You can buy github stars and forks nowadays.
"You can buy comments and accounts nowadays.", too, including Lemmy, I believe, but sources of such claims are usually less "buyable", even if it's known and sure possible.
Sorry, but nowadays indeed, with so many fake, fast, and sorrowful, it's better to share and back your statements with sources.
First page of results on ecosia searching "buy github stars and forks"
https://medium.com/@vanshagrawal561/i-bought-fake-github-stars-so-you-dont-have-to-88f12c8eccb6
https://fansgurus.com/blog/buy-github-stars-best-providers-2026
https://www.socialplug.io/services/buy-github-stars
https://www.followdeh.com/en/github/stars
https://www.socialplug.io/services/buy-github-forks
https://niubistar.com/buy-github-stars
https://www.githubstar.com/en-US/pricing
https://www.avola.uk/github-stars-forks-promotion.html
Roger that. Thank you very much for backing it up for everyone!
It's sorrowful such exists indeed...
and they seem to have no interaction with coding other than this, at least on this account I mean.
The icon also looks like it might have been made by AI raising the chances if them uding AI in other places.