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		Dylan16807 on April 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We lost 54k GitHub stars That's bad because it lies to users and you can't remove the star when it's in that state.

munk-a on April 14, 2022 [–]

But if your star doesn't effectively exist why does that matter?

Dylan16807 on April 14, 2022 | [–]

Because if the star is merely hidden then the repo can come back later. If you don't want any association with that repo any more, it's bad that it can put itself back into your starred list.

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