Jesse T. Glover

Jesse T. Glover

Community Manager

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Good communities grow through meaningful conversations shared ideas and genuine connections. Interested in building relationships around products supporting online communities and discovering platforms that bring people together.

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Why do we star GitHub repos we never actually use?

I clean out my starred tab every few months and realize half the projects I bookmarked were just because the documentation looked sleek or the demo video was satisfying to watch. But the ones I actually keep starred long-term usually come down to whether the maintainer is actively replying to edge-case issues in the discussions. A star feels less like a bookmark and more like a vote of confidence that the repo isn't going to get abandoned next month. What makes you click that star button, and do you ever go back and un-star dead projects?

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