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This is exactly it. For some people, a world that they relate to is coming to an end, and anything they could do, however insignificant, no matter what the sid
by sirius87 5y ago
This is exactly it.
For some people, a world that they relate to is coming to an end, and anything they could do, however insignificant, no matter what the side-effects or personal reputation cost, is worth doing. This isn't some brainy impact-analysis based action. "Something must be done".
The disruptions caused by these rogue packages will make it to newspapers and the media, and maybe, just maybe, parrying the news of war and destruction.
I don't support having this. But I can see how a single-contributor package author would feel emotionally compelled to "Do something, anything".
- shkkmo 5y agoNot everything people feel compelled to do is OK. It is not OK to go out and find Russian Americans and go vandalize their property to make a point. If you do so, you should face criminal charges. I similarly think that the node module maintainers who deliberately abused their trust to make an indiscriminant attack of people's digital property should face criminal charges and civil liability.
- sirius87 5y agoYes, people affected should absolutely go to court. Let the courts decide if this activity of this nature in violation of the law. I absolutely support that. Package authors who did this are also going to be ostracised by the community. So they will most likely pay a price.
- jraph 5y agoIn that case, targeting only Russians is sub-optimal, They could as well have targeted everybody, it would have had more impact. There's no reason to target Russia inhabitants in particular, who, I would guess, are mostly against the war.
- hippich 5y agoFrom polling results (both Russian and western) majority of Russians are supporting the war.