Why so many followers on github?

Question

GitHub

https://github.com/ternsip
Cheat?
The user does not have top repositories, and contributions are a little
upd:
here, apparently, is another one: https://github.com/angusshire

Answer 1

Of the 127,000 he followed, only 1,200 followed him back. This is only 1%, which suggests that cheating techniques that work successfully on Instagram do not justify themselves in the programmers' hangout :)