Stars measure attention. Packagist downloads measure automation. Neither measures trust. The only signal that's hard to fake is: does something real depend on this?
T3RMINATED 4 days ago||
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m00dy 4 days ago||
same here on HN as well
tomhow 4 days ago||
The software to detect voting manipulation, collusion abd sockpuppet/astroturf commenting on HN is both the oldest and the most actively developed, and is the main reason it’s considered a strong signal of credibility when a project makes it to the front page. The service that claims to sell upvotes has never had any impact on HN.
onesandofgrain 4 days ago||
Yep, shilling and paid advertisement mascerading as posts espegially on ai
ghstinda 4 days ago||
really hilarious the irony, i agree
RITESH1985 4 days ago|
The fake star problem is a symptom of a deeper issue — developers can't tell signal from noise in the agent ecosystem. The tools that actually get real adoption are the ones that solve acute production problems. Agents are hitting these in production issues of state management every day and there's almost no tooling for it. That's where genuine organic stars come from — solving a real pain, not gaming rankings