Why install counts lie, and what to rank by instead
Every skill directory sorts by installs. The number is inflatable, the claim is unverifiable, and the leaderboards are already contested.
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Demo data
English rendering of the Chinese original; exists to exercise the locale column and canonical_slug.
The numbers do not survive a check
When the formula is private and the inputs can be inflated, there is no defence against a gaming accusation.
What we rank by
Benchmark score, maintenance, scan result, documentation, and adoption capped at 20% on a logarithmic curve.