https://blog.xentoo.info/tags/influencers/ Recent content in Influencers on Xentoo blog https://blog.xentoo.info/ https://blog.xentoo.info/ Hugo -- 0.145.0 en CC BY-NC 4.0 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.xentoo.info/2026/06/24/stop-with-github-stars-madness/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.xentoo.info/2026/06/24/stop-with-github-stars-madness/ <p>For fuck&rsquo;s sake, <strong>STOP</strong> with the Github stars madness.</p> <p>Everywhere, everyday, everyone, YouTube, blogs, news outlets, &hellip; it has become the only metric to assess if a repository is interesting, important, useful, inspiring, or whatever.</p> <blockquote> <p>This repo got <code>meaningless number</code> stars in 2 days, it&rsquo;s genius!</p></blockquote> <blockquote> <p>This repo has now <code>meaningless number</code> of stars, you <strong>MUST</strong> use it!</p></blockquote> <p><em>What is wrong with you all?</em></p> <p>All these years of fake online reviews have not taught you anything?</p>