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[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This means the stars lost their original meaning of just expressing what you like, as it is tied to monetization. Imagine how wild it would be if YouTube did this with likes of videos...

[–] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Didn't they already done such thing before?

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

You mean YouTube? I'm not aware of that.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

I would be surprised, if you couldn't also sell an account with a bunch of stars on the black market to bot farm operators...

[–] nomen_dubium@startrek.website 4 points 2 weeks ago

nice... so we need a github marketing campaign to fund the software that makes the world run? nice...