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1. coolsa+Tc[view] [source] 2023-03-18 10:24:29
>>kaeruc+(OP)
Is it just me or the fact that Dagster has one of their competitors Mage.ai listed here as a repo with around 15% of fake stars seems like an odd coincidence?
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2. bart_s+Qo[view] [source] 2023-03-18 12:33:06
>>coolsa+Tc
It’s possible that was the impetus of the blog post. Maybe they suspect Mage.ai of astroturfing GitHub stars and investigate it as above. They then publish a blog post that:

1. Indicates the astroturfing without actually specifically calling them out 2. Does so in a way where others can verify their work and use it on other repos 3. Uses their product to do so

Seems pretty brilliant to me.

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