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> Having 1000 NPM packages is better for your reputation than having 100. And having all 1000 packages with lots of weekly downloads is better than having just
by bostik 4y ago
> Having 1000 NPM packages is better for your reputation than having 100. And having all 1000 packages with lots of weekly downloads is better than having just a portion of that.
Should we treat them as spammers and polluters, then? Because if what you describe is true, that deserves to be called out and mowed to the ground.
- sdoering 4y agoI don't know if this is true, but if it were true you'd have a veritable "tragedy of the commons" [0] situation were privatization of (some) gains leads to the creation of negative externalities for the rest. If incentives were aligned differently, different results might have resulted. Probably with different externalities (or unintended consequences). [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons?wprov=s...
- ratww 4y agoDefinitely. It is more akin to SEO spamming than black market spamming, though. They're polluting NPM in the same way SEO farms spam Google. It makes life difficult for everyone, but it's still a gray area in terms of legitimacy. Which is why nobody really talks about it.