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corvadtoday at 12:55 AM1 replyview on HN

XZ Utils was a big example of this, the poor maintainer had to put up with toxic users and it led to supply chain compromise after a while.


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rockskontoday at 7:47 AM

The xz utils issue very likely included intentional efforts on the state actor to burn them out. That isn't something a culture change among users can fix.