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Re:50% of new NPM packages are spam by marginalia_nu on Thursday March 30, 2023 @08:31AM (#35371618)
As an aside, something I've seen when reverse-engineering black hat SEO is online casinos sponsoring prominent open source projects in exchange for a sponsorship link. Seems generous until you you realize this also means a huge boost in page rank.
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Re:50% of new NPM packages are spam by sirius87 on Thursday March 30, 2023 @09:41AM (#35372565)
I've seen this in the Linux Mint project [1] with donations coming from carpet cleaning and light fixtures cos. Sometimes you'll see law firms and I.T. consultants. It's a pretty great idea. Counts as a win-win in my books, as long as the biz is legit.

[1] https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4466

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