• kibblebits@quokk.au
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    18 hours ago

    Douchey little popularity contests do not mean code is good. It’s misleading just like upvotes. It’s just what social media loving developers do. Most respectable (not all) projects avoid making a big deal out of it. It already shows it on GitHub. Why show it again? To be douchey?

    • irmadlad@lemmy.worldOP
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      18 hours ago

      Hmmm

      do not mean code is good

      Doesn’t mean it’s bad either, but warrants checking out.

      • Amazon’s Best Seller List
      • #1 rated truck by Consumer Reports
      • #5 in the Contemporary Jazz Soul charts
      • #1 rated NAS of 2026
      • Downloaded 5034 times

      I guess I just don’t see it as douchey. To me is says, ‘hey this might be worth checking out.’ Besides Lemmy and a couple of long standing forums, I really don’t do social media so perhaps I not as jaded.