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>>kaeruc+(OP)
While evaluting OSS project, key indicator is community activity. Github stars is a weak community activity indicator. Firstly, as shown in the article it can be gamed. Also, Stars is very low threshold action so does not indicate whether the person who starred the project will actually use it.

I think 2 great community activity indicators are - Github issues and of slack/discord/discourse comments. One key thing with github issues in my opinions is that, If the github issues are mostly by the core team, it is not a great sign. You want a large mix of issues from customers or users and not from the team. This is a good indicator if the project is solving real problem or not. Stars is very low threshold action. Same goes with the slack comments, it should have both volume and freshness.

>>debars+Fl
I think checking if people donates to a project is a better indicator to the value of the project than the stars. I never paid attention to stars.

>>jmclnx+jm
Donating to yourself would be pretty cheap...

>>boxed+Uw
Maybe not as cheap as you may think. I think github takes a small cut plus you may need to declare the donation as Income on your taxes.

Also if you get "smart" and donate on multiple cards, I would think it is a trivial task for github to determine is is a scam. The CC address would match you Address for the funds your receive.

Probably way too much work for this :)