User Hakkin made an interesting observation: The "consumers" are likely sock puppets controlled by the attacker. I did not independently verify the claim, but

User Hakkin made an interesting observation: The "consumers" are likely sock puppets controlled by the attacker. I did not independently verify the claim, but it seems reasonable to me. Post with Hakkin's reply: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39869703 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39869703 (But yeah, I've seen some entitled idiots trying to push their demands on FOSS maintainers and being irritated by the harsh reaction...)