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did you know that we correct known data anomalies in npmjs.com data? 👉 thanks to @jyc.dev 🩵

How is this done? Hopefully this is not reported data, otherwise can be used for abuse.

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What prevents abuse? Maintainers of npmx are changing the data of their other projects, don't you see how this smells bad? Even if all is correct, relying on self-reporting means the incorrect data on other projects makes those look bad by comparison.

I’m fine with this as long as they publish who reported the anomaly and why. If it’s public it’s maybe more likey to be scrutinized. Also the ability to toggle between the sanitized and raw charts is reasonable. The question is, how maintainable is this?

yes, this is absolutely open - it's in the git record it doesn't change the underlying, just improves the graph rendering (and you can toggle it off if you want)