Stop abusing GitHub stars

#1

Post by aerialcombat » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 2:41 AM UTC

Stop abusing GitHub stars
github.com

Re: Stop abusing GitHub stars

#2

Post by 9nGQluzmnq3M » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 3:15 AM UTC

Most of the content appears to be in Korean. Can somebody provide an English summary of what happened?

Re: Stop abusing GitHub stars

#3

Post by chirau » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 3:16 AM UTC

Can someone narrate and explain what happened here?

The page is in a foreign language and its contents have apparently since been changed.

What happened?

Re: Stop abusing GitHub stars

#4

Post by reustle » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 3:19 AM UTC

chirau wrote: post #3

Can someone narrate and explain what happened here? The page is in a foreign language and its contents have apparently since been changed. What happened?

Google translate the first two long Korean posts and you'll get the jist

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#5

Post by Trowter » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 3:19 AM UTC

Slow news day...

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#6

Post by oyebenny » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 3:21 AM UTC

reustle wrote: post #4

chirau wrote: post #3

Can someone narrate and explain what happened here? The page is in a foreign language and its contents have apparently since been changed. What happened?

Google translate the first two long Korean posts and you'll get the jist

Unhelpful comment is unhelpful. Just like mine.

Re: Stop abusing GitHub stars

#7

Post by alfg » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 3:21 AM UTC

chirau wrote: post #3

Can someone narrate and explain what happened here? The page is in a foreign language and its contents have apparently since been changed. What happened?

I think they were running some kind of promotion in exchange for starring their Github project?

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#8

Post by isoskeles » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 3:22 AM UTC

chirau wrote: post #3

Can someone narrate and explain what happened here? The page is in a foreign language and its contents have apparently since been changed. What happened?

https://archive.fo/jaxpL

Without knowing the language, the images at least imply that they're giving away free stuff in exchange for people signing up on github and starring their repo.

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#9

Post by davidjnelson » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 3:24 AM UTC

alfg wrote: post #7

chirau wrote: post #3

Can someone narrate and explain what happened here? The page is in a foreign language and its contents have apparently since been changed. What happened?

I think they were running some kind of promotion in exchange for starring their Github project?

I translated it to English, and also looked at the images and I came to the same conclusion. From the images, it seems maybe they were giving away free products or gift cards if you starred the project.

Re: Stop abusing GitHub stars

#10

Post by octocode » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 3:26 AM UTC

chirau wrote: post #3

Can someone narrate and explain what happened here? The page is in a foreign language and its contents have apparently since been changed. What happened?

If you logged in with a GitHub account and starred their project, you would be entered into a contest for a chance to win some products (or gift cards) like Baskin Robbins, Starbucks, movie tickets, etc.