GitHub's Fake Star Economy

Do people actually give a shit about GitHub stars?

I've got lots of projects on GitHub and I don't think any of them have more than like five stars, and it has never been something that bothered me. I put the code out there, if people want to use it then that's fine, if they don't want to use it that's also fine.

I didn't think that having lots of stars actually translated to money in any meaningful way.