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The same is true for database rankings (db-engines).

If entrants are not artificially inflating "organic" signals via fake content spam (Twitter/X), then the criteria themselves are losing their signal strength (StackOverflow/GitHub).

The diffusion makes it increasingly difficult to understand which channels are important and which correlate to strength in the market.

Unfortunately, these can be more than vanity metrics.

Some VCs or financial markets may use these as methods towards valuation.



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