GitHub seems to be continuing (1) to deprecate star information. First the stargazers list was hidden from logged-out users, and now the main stargazers link on repo pages has disappeared too. /stargazers returns a 404 (2) unless you own the repo.I know many people say stars aren t a real signal, but they were: they made it possible to detect signs of bought stars. Some third-party services even showed the geographic distribution of a repo s stars so you could judge whether they looked fake.The main point is that whatever reasoning GitHub offers, the outcome is the same: either GitHub is weak against bots, or it would rather control these signals itself, with no way for outsiders to audit them.1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=488218032. https://github.com/tirrenotechnologies/tirreno/stargazers