What's in a GitHub Star? Understanding Repository Starring Practices in a Social Coding Platform · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1811.07643/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTWhat's in a GitHub Star? Understanding Repository Starring Practices in a Social Coding Platform — mentioned by dbaupphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42579982urn:hackerpapers:mention:1811.07643:42579982Thu, 02 Jan 2025 23:01:58 GMT<p>People use stars differently. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1811.07643 is some investigatory research describing, among other things, 4 clusters of reasons for starring: to show appreciation, bookmarking, due to usage, due to third-party recommendation.</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1811.07643/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.SEWhat's in a GitHub Star? Understanding Repository Starring Practices in a Social Coding Platform — HN submissionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20075214urn:hackerpapers:submission:1811.07643:20075214Sun, 02 Jun 2019 13:09:58 GMT<p>Understanding Repository Starring Practices in GitHub</p><p></p><p>1 point; 0 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1811.07643/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.SEWhat's in a GitHub Star? Understanding Repository Starring Practices in a Social Coding Platform — HN submissionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20016790urn:hackerpapers:submission:1811.07643:20016790Sun, 26 May 2019 19:09:49 GMT<p>Understanding Repository Starring Practices in GitHub</p><p></p><p>3 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1811.07643/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.SEWhat's in a GitHub Star? Understanding Repository Starring Practices in a Social Coding Platform — HN submissionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19962222urn:hackerpapers:submission:1811.07643:19962222Mon, 20 May 2019 16:41:02 GMT<p>What&#x27;s in a GitHub Star? Understanding Repository Starring Practices in GitHub</p><p></p><p>2 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1811.07643/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.SEWhat's in a GitHub Star? Understanding Repository Starring Practices in a Social Coding Platform — HN submissionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18517052urn:hackerpapers:submission:1811.07643:18517052Fri, 23 Nov 2018 15:45:15 GMT<p>What&#x27;s in a GitHub Star?</p><p></p><p>1 point; 0 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1811.07643/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.SE