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This is how I use stars - as bookmarks. Am I doing it wrong?

No, but there there is a strangely prominent belief that "starring" a repo is supposed to convey a signal of some sort. I suppose people who didn't experience life without 'social media' lack a mental model to understand other uses.

>I use stars - as bookmarks. Am I doing it wrong?

Nope. Github stars are intended to be used the way you've described:

https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/exploring-projects-on...

It's similar to a user clicking the "favorite" link on a particular HN comment. It's a way for HN users to "bookmark" old comments to be saved in their own "favorites" list.

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