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		no_butterscotch on Oct 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gamification affects software developers: Cautiona... Yup I always cringe a little bit when I see developers on their repos or social media asking for follows or stars to their repo. If it's good people will do that anyways. It seems like it can be a resume builder for some people though. I've seen resumes where people list their open-source repos and display "Over 500 stars on github" as one of the line-items.

chillfox on Oct 24, 2022 [–]

"If it's good people will do that anyways."

No, most people wont without being "invited" unless it's exceptional. Good just ain't good enough by itself. People ask because it works.

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