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>>kaeruc+(OP)
> Yet [GitHub stars] influence serious, high stakes decisions, including which projects get used by enterprises, which startups get funded, and which companies talented professionals join.

Really? I honestly just don't believe this... if I were to believe this, I think I'd have to conclude the world is just too broken to bother rescuing.

>>saurik+Bd
One of my stock interview questions asks people how they evaluate 3rd-party dependencies for use in a production environment. So many interviewees respond with GitHub stars as their main or only criterion. It depresses me every time.

>>philbo+he
It depresses me too, but what else can you do? I check what the docs look like, but if I'm to depend on a thing I'd rather choose something popular than unpopular. GitHub stars, Hackage downloads, StackShare... what else can one check?