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Ranchonyx7895216dStrangely similar for my old one. Same thing happened tho it was just a super simple thing nuthin special.
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Sumafu2387216dThere are several services out there that are scanning the npm registry and downloading every package.
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Jilano31052216d@Sumafu Maybe to keep a copy/archive somewhere just in case?
Also, someone might have written an article on your package and people got curious. -
theabbie5093216dThere counter is very basic, it just counts the number of requests made. Maybe it's viral, maybe it's just bots cloning your package.
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yehaaw670215d@rodrigograca31 Not doing anything to get 'artificial' downloads. What is typosquating?
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rodrigograca31314215d@yehaaw having a similar name to a popular package but with a typo. So that people download yours instead.
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