*random person stars my repo on Github*

Me: Fuck yes give me those stars!

*checks user's profile, has starred 40k repositories*

Me: Take that star back you whore.

*sighs, puts star back in pez dispenser

LOL

You win devrant today! Thank you.

Such people are Star Whores

Star4Star like instagram. Such whores, much disappointment.

Who the fuck stars 40k repositories?
No way that's not a bot.

Who the fuck builds a bot to star 40k repositories?

@endor people making money off of it.

@Wisecrack I understand karmawhoring on social media, but Github? How do you monetize repo starring on Github?

@endor sleezy startups or people reputation building by building frameworks (or *shudders* microframeworks, akak LIBRARIES) that are "x but for y!", or "the new, and shiny, and (marginally) better than this OTHER [popular framework in current year]."

Color me cynical.

40k?! That’s pure StarPorn right there 🙈