Why not use GoAccess and a cron job? That works for me even when the client has ad/script blockers.
Fathom – Simple, trustworthy website analytics
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#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
author of that line here: i don't want to live in a world where companies can't have a little fun with some copy.
I suspected that most or all of HN basically agrees with your attitude vis-à-vis Facebook and data collection, including your critics here, but that's not the point. The point is that games have Rules, and when you break those Rules, it causes others to wonder where else you might be breaking them. This erodes trust very quickly. Rules are made up by a consensus of the players. You've just been told by 3 people, 4 in…
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#115Shocker how may of you don't have DNT enabled. >:]
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#118In a future release, I highly recommend keeping the simplicity by allowing people to browse the basic stats page without requiring JavaScript. Other than that, it is a great project.
Can you elaborate a little bit on the use-cases where this would apply? I can get into the idea that tracking would ideally not rely on JavaScript, but the dashboard? Surely the administrator can enable JavaScript for their Fathom dashboard, right?
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#119Shocker how may of you don't have DNT enabled. >:]
That said, I am now wondering what the numbers would have been like if we did not honor DNT...
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#120In a future release, I highly recommend keeping the simplicity by allowing people to browse the basic stats page without requiring JavaScript. Other than that, it is a great project.
Thanks! Can you elaborate a little bit on the use-cases where this would apply? I can get into the idea that tracking would ideally not rely on JavaScript, but the dashboard? Surely the administrator can enable JavaScript for their Fathom dashboard, right?
Also, as a side effect, it's considerably faster browsing the internet without JavaScript enabled.