“And so it costed me 20 Euros for 25 stars which is €0.8/star, it’s expensive (not if you deduct it from your taxes), but I’m gonna show you how they look like in a minute.”
Premium GitHub stars cost €0.80 each and come from aged accounts with profile pictures and real-looking contributions. The bargain pack runs €0.08 a star, and GitHub banned those accounts within a month. The seller redoes the order for free. Investors and developers pick projects by star count, so the people gaming it are buying credibility at eight cents a head.