Comment on Roblox Game Devs Duped by Malicious npm Packages
atheken@programming.dev 1 year agoIt’s misleading because it’s irrelevant and makes it sound like a platform breach.
Try replacing Roblox with “Foozsplatz” and the implication of severity are completely different.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 year ago
I’m confused, in this hypothetical is Foozsplatz a non sense word or is it meant to be a game like Roblox? If you mean the first, then yeah, obviously replacing a proper noun with gibberish changes the implication. If you mean the second then no, it would have the same implication.
atheken@programming.dev 1 year ago
It literally doesn’t matter. You can remove the word and the nature of the problem being discussed is still the same. What platform is being targeted has nothing to do with the example problem.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 year ago
Roblox is mentioned because it literally was a library for Roblox lmao. That’s not sensationalizing.
atheken@programming.dev 1 year ago
The thread you are in and my response made it clear that the headline is clickbait by including that irrelevant detail.
If they didn’t include the word the post title, it would have no traction at all.