Show HN: Counter – Simple and Free Web Analytics • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Counter – Simple and Free Web Analytics

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Post by IncRnd » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 3:43 AM UTC

freitasm wrote: post #29

IncRnd wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you select just 23 Twitter users from a group, the probability will be >50% that at least two have had their accounts suspended or closed.

I see what you've done there...

I just wanted to have some fun, since Twitter's 15th birthday is this month!

Re: Show HN: Counter – Simple and Free Web Analytics

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Post by bobkrusty » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 4:02 AM UTC

ihucos wrote: post #15

calebclark wrote: post #12

The product looks awesome! I do have a question... If Counter is free, what is the revenue model? How will you sustain the platform? Although it's open source, it seems to be a SaaS platform that runs on your servers.

Yes, so although it is optimized to be very cheap to operate many users there still are costs. We hope to get that via donations or as it's communicated in the website "Pay what you want". One single advertising banner is also something we are considering. So the amount we have to get from active users is really low. Currently there are 80 integrations with multiple sites on the cheapest linode VPS. The redis databas…

please accept ETH coins i have no credit cards

ETH will be env friendly soon when its consensus algorithm switch to POS

or

make android app

im willing to watch ads everyday

btw, why your twitter account ge suspended

Re: Show HN: Counter – Simple and Free Web Analytics

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Post by thestepafter » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 4:34 AM UTC

imkieren wrote: post #16

I wish more of these analytics platform had events. I want to see if my users are using features, button etc.

Check out Posthog, they do event tracking very well.

Re: Show HN: Counter – Simple and Free Web Analytics

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Post by galuggus » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 5:50 AM UTC

imkieren wrote: post #16

I wish more of these analytics platform had events. I want to see if my users are using features, button etc.

Try simple analytics

Re: Show HN: Counter – Simple and Free Web Analytics

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Post by amitheonlyone » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 6:10 AM UTC

You have a typo in the line "You don't have to choose between free or privacy friendy."

I believe you meant 'friendly'

Re: Show HN: Counter – Simple and Free Web Analytics

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Post by mNovak » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 7:17 AM UTC

thestepafter wrote: post #33

imkieren wrote: post #16

I wish more of these analytics platform had events. I want to see if my users are using features, button etc.

Check out Posthog, they do event tracking very well.

Thanks for the suggestion this looks great; and with a free tier for hobby sites like mine.

Re: Show HN: Counter – Simple and Free Web Analytics

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Post by tobiaslins » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 7:32 AM UTC

imkieren wrote: post #16

I wish more of these analytics platform had events. I want to see if my users are using features, button etc.

you could try out splitbee.io (i am the founder)

Re: Show HN: Counter – Simple and Free Web Analytics

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Post by mimimi31 » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 7:48 AM UTC

imkieren wrote: post #16

I wish more of these analytics platform had events. I want to see if my users are using features, button etc.

I think Umami[1] does.

[1] https://github.com/mikecao/umami

Re: Show HN: Counter – Simple and Free Web Analytics

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Post by dukeofharen » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 8:30 AM UTC

freitasm wrote: post #18

Do we have to worry that their Twitter account is currently suspended - "Twitter suspends accounts which violate the Twitter Rules"? https://twitter.com/DevCounter

Fun fact. Once I made a Twitter account for my open source project. Twitter says you can use the "date of birth" field for your actual date of birth or the launch date of your product. Once I entered 2 May 2018, I was suspended because now I'm too young :|

I didn't want to go through the hassle of getting my account reinstated, because Twitter isn't that important to me.

Re: Show HN: Counter – Simple and Free Web Analytics

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Post by mfontani » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 8:39 AM UTC

slater wrote: post #30

imkieren wrote: post #16

I wish more of these analytics platform had events. I want to see if my users are using features, button etc.

Reminds me of the best analytics software I ever saw, ca. 1998, where it'd track each individual visitor's path through the site, e.g. - [12:00 - 89.212.12.whatever] - /index.php - [12:01 - 89.212.12.whatever] - /team/bob-smith/ - [12:02 - 89.212.12.whatever] - /products/turb-encab-9001/

Like the server's access log?