JS land is a total shitshow, that's a given. But this sort of thing happens quite often outside NPM as well. If you're an author of a popular web browser exten

JS land is a total shitshow, that's a given. But this sort of thing happens quite often outside NPM as well. If you're an author of a popular web browser extension then you've probably received emails from random shady people offering to buy your extension. And of course, some people are offered a sum they can't refuse. Google and Apple app stores aren't immune from this either. I just remembered the absolute saddest hijacking I ever witnessed. It was this blog I read one day. The guy had some interesting articles (business, I believe). I kept reading and he starts talking about his health. It gets worse and worse. Then suddenly the tone of the articles change. I notice weird links to vitamin and supplement crap stuck in articles that had nothing to do with it. The articles became incredibly generic. So I did some research. Turns out, the guy died from cancer, apparently his domain name expired, and some SEO spammer type took his domain and his content and repurposed it for shitty harvesting purposes.