Call for Volunteers: Metrics collection project for Harmony and NodeBB v3.0.0

[phenomlab]

@julian count me in
https://sudonix.com and https://hostrisk.com

The latter will be upgraded first.

[crazycells]

@julian let's do it!

https://yesilkartforum.com/forum/

[yu miao]

here is a new one

https://discuss.wotearth.com/

[julian]

Hi @yu-miao — nice site! Unfortunately since your site is already running v3/Harmony, we won't have the "before" metrics

[cagatay]

here is mine

https://efelsefe.com/

[dave1904]

@julian I'm currently on nodebb v2 but with Slick theme. Will upgrade to v3 with harmony.

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 I think the intention is to remain on v2 for the short term and collect stats then upgrade to v3 to see how the stats compare once collected.

[dave1904]

@phenomlab Yes, I'm referring to @julians statement to have v3/harmony compared with v2/persona. If interested I could provide data for v2/slick vs v3/harmony.

@julian said in Call for Volunteers: Metrics collection project for Harmony and NodeBB v3.0.0:

I want to know what (if any) changes could be seen when comparing a weeks' usage of NodeBB v2 running the Persona theme vs NodeBB v3 running the Harmony theme.

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 ah, makes sense. Thanks

[julian]

I have installed the SimpleAnalytics analytics tracking script on this site. This is so I can get used to the interface in preparation for the metrics collection mini-project

[DownPW]

No problem

[julian]

I have sent private messages to the interested parties, with next steps re: installing the Simple Analytics script.

We will have six separate sites (including this one) participating!

Fun preliminary observation: While this site doesn't have too many visitors (2.5k this week), it seems users prefer (nearly 2x) to check on new posts by visiting /recent. This is a surprise to me, as my go-to is /unread.

[julian]

For those users who participated in the project (and still have their script installed), I unfortunately don't have the time to do the actual data analysis and draw any conclusions

However, we do still have the data and would be willing to send the appropriate exports from Simple Analytics if interested. Just send me a DM.

Otherwise I will shut down the account on 14 September.

[tankerkiller125]

@julian Unread is my preferred when signed in to a NodeBB (or Flarum) forum. While recent is my preferred view when I'm not signed in. Probably are carry over of working with Flarum forums for such a long time, at this point I very much dislike seeing the category listing as the main page and prefer to see content out the gate.

[phenomlab]

@tankerkiller125 I too opt for /recent as I prefer to see all activity rather than categories