Karsten Wade wrote:
The sentence "Don't worry about multiple counts, shared IP addresses,
and so forth" implies that multiple counts would be distort data while
it would not. We just need to uniquely sort it by IP addresses.
We are talking to people who wouldn't get that and would worry about
multiple hits. People who think a rolling page hit counter has meaning.
As far as multiple hits are concerned, we have a IP based way to sort
that out. They wouldnt add to the inaccuracy of the data like shared IP
addresses would. If we can fit that into the message, we should.
Otherwise the effort appears more fuzzy unnecessarily.
The last sentence about funding seems to add to the confusion rather
than help clarify it. I would advise dropping that. Maybe we should add
a sentence last that says "If you are not online and do not wish to be
counted, you can simply change this homepage".
I thought we were trying for clarity and honesty in the message?
Everything I read in the thread so far boils down to, "We need this to
justify (more) money, and that is the primary importance over all other
considerations at this time."
Counting users to make better decisions is obfuscation talk. How does a
raw user count make better decisions? You'd need to know some depth
about those users to have it influence decisions.
Perhaps we can soften the blow better than I did, but if we're being
honest, we have to be honest *and* clear.
I dont have a problem with conveying the information to people. Trying
to read it from the end user perspective, the note about funding adds to
the confusion rather than clarify any information to me. Funding from
whom? How would counting desktop users corelate with funding? Raises
more questions that it answers. More details wouldnt actually fit into
that page. If we are trying to explain it, we can potentially link to a
wiki page that provides more information. The hit counter would only
work if you go online with the default homepage, so we can explain it in
detail there and that's a feasible solution.
The last sentence should be a note on opting out by changing the
homepage before going online so users dont have to worry about that.
Rahul
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