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kuangning for posting this.
Livejournal announces stat gathering changes
I'm curious as to other people's opinions on this. On the surface, at least to me, it looks somewhat harmless. However, there's not much known about the service they're using to gather these statistics, so I'm a bit apprehensive.
There is an opt-out option, thankfully. Just go to the Admin Console and type "set opt_exclude_stats 1"
I'm just wondering other people's thoughts on this. I realize a lot of people will likely opt out of the data gathering, but I'm curious as to what the overall concensus is (to kind of foster some sort of discussion, at least. I need brain fuel!).
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Livejournal announces stat gathering changes
I'm curious as to other people's opinions on this. On the surface, at least to me, it looks somewhat harmless. However, there's not much known about the service they're using to gather these statistics, so I'm a bit apprehensive.
There is an opt-out option, thankfully. Just go to the Admin Console and type "set opt_exclude_stats 1"
I'm just wondering other people's thoughts on this. I realize a lot of people will likely opt out of the data gathering, but I'm curious as to what the overall concensus is (to kind of foster some sort of discussion, at least. I need brain fuel!).
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Date: 2007-09-19 07:46 am (UTC)Not specifically anyone I know, but some people on that thread don't see it as quite as innocuous.
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Date: 2007-09-19 07:54 am (UTC)People are just looking for a reason to panic now that LJ is the corporate bad guy.
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Date: 2007-09-19 07:56 am (UTC)I can understand some of the changes making sense from SixApart's POV. I'm not sure what the end-user effect of those changes are, but I know a lot of people are very unhappy. The signal to noise ratio is completely off the charts.
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Date: 2007-09-19 08:05 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-09-19 08:08 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-09-19 08:11 am (UTC)6A will probably end up using clickstream data for one (or both) of two things:
1.) To see how well changes in the site perform, and how changes affect the way that people use the site.
2.) To deliver better targeted advertising to users. If they're able to have an idea where a user's interests lie, they're capable of delivering ads that a user may actually be interested in. I'm not really sure whether 6A is intending for LJ to have more of an advertising-supported model, but analytics would play a useful role in that.
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Date: 2007-09-19 08:12 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-09-19 08:39 am (UTC)