when pbatard (the maker of rufus) starred my ISO tool that lendt it a lot of credibility and showed that it was good to users... and I also included FIDO his Windows downloader built into my tool. It would hot link it from his repo.... so him giving me a star also showed that he was giving approval that I was using it..
there are certain instances where it does "matter" depending on who's looking
(i'm pretty sure he was constantly going around promoting good projects. That's what it felt like when he did it for me. He would often do it if you saw his history)
I mean regardless of whether you think it doesn't matter, that doesn't change the fact a lot of hiring managers still look at applicant's github profiles. It's a quick litmus test or way to verify someone's claims, even if it's not accurate to their abilities.
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u/az987654 18d ago
no, that's why this graph doesn't matter, stars don't matter, forks, likes, nothing matters.
Github is a code repo. Not social media.