an equivalent to github's stars would be useful, as a method for gaging a project's popularity. it could also be used for finding popular projects across the network.
Hey, thanks for the interest and writing the issue!
Something that we've found to be equivalent to stars, and might be an even more interesting concept, is seeding a repository. Not only are you saying that repository is important to you, but you're also willing to replicate it for the rest of the network.
Just wanted to chime in with my 2cts; The concept of seeding is more powerful than stars. A star is a one time click, maybe the readme was cute or you found the project interesting, but you don't (usually) go back to revise all your starred repos. What I mean is that a star is a one time action, seeding a repo is a constant. It carries more weight and it is also slightly harder to abuse than starts.
Also, it might incentivice people to seed more repos if we convert it into the default token of appreciation. Idk.
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So... I'm running a fully public seed (picking up more repositories than it can announce). Does that mean I've essentially starred every repository in the Radicle universe?
Not sure I see such a public seed in the same way as giving a project a star. After all, you've usually looked at the repository you give a star, right? I can't reasonably claim to have looked at all 6000+ repositories on my public seed. So a public seed is more of a general service to the Radicle network, to ensure that it stays live'n'kicking.
That being said, it's of course very different if your node has a more restricted policy, and seeding requires some sort of show of interest, either by cloning the repo, or with an explicit rad seed.
Not sure I care very much, but then, I never really cared about stars on my github repos either.