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		keep_reading on Dec 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Plane got to top spot in project management on Git... I had no idea GitHub had a ranking system like this based on stars. Sounds incredibly easy to game with bots.

guappa on Dec 13, 2023 [–]

It is gamed with bots.

I routinely get stars from completely empty accounts that star random projects for free to avoid bot detection.

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