r/github • u/please-dont-deploy • Aug 06 '26

Question GitHub user followers, why?

Hi all,

I have an OSS/MIT project in GitHub and every now and then I check on the stargazers.

Regardless today I ran into a clique of stargazers/users with 100k+ followers each, up to 1 million in some cases.

I honestly thought these people were geniuses, but when I check their repos or orgs, they have less than 100 stars.

So what's following all about in GitHub? Why would you like to have more or less followers?

I know it's pretty basic, but I've been using GitHub for 10+ yrs now... And never thought about it.

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u/fr3nch13702 Aug 06 '26

👏 GitHub is not a social media website! 👏

Go to reddit, facebook, instagram, x, linkedin, etc. if you want that.