I wonder how much this happens in other communities. No doubt it happens with NP...

stevekemp · on May 10, 2016

Certainly the docker repositories are vulnerable to this. If you look at a users' profile page you can see the download-count for each image.

The biggest download count becomes the most popular image, and you can script it trivially:

    docker pull skxskx/wordpress
    docker pull skxskx/wordpress
    ..
    docker pull skxskx/wordpress

It's not something that I regard as a problem, but I did notice in passing and added 50 downloads to a few of my images on evening to test the concept.

patates · on May 9, 2016

> No doubt it happens with NPM.

Could you please care to explain why?

bcruddy · on May 9, 2016

Because NPM is the largest package ecosystem ever

hinkley · on May 9, 2016

The Java community became familiar with the term 'astroturfing' after JBoss was caught doing it.

Rot in hell, Marc Fleury

jessaustin · on May 9, 2016

I'd have less doubt, if I were to see some examples...