Call for Volunteers: Metrics collection project for Harmony and NodeBB v3.0.0
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Hello all,
In the run-up to the release of NodeBB v3.0.0, I wanted to try to collect some information about site usage from any admins who would like to participate.
In short, 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.
I'd be looking at metrics such as time on page, and visitor counts.
Here's how it'd work:
- I'd provide you with a GDPR-compliant analytics collection script that you would install on your site.
a. No IP collection, no cookies, just plain, anonymized analytics. - I am looking at https://www.simpleanalytics.com/ but am open to alternatives
- You'd record at least a week of analytics data, at which point you are free (and encouraged) to upgrade to NodeBB v3.x, and continue recording for at least another week.
a. The more the better, of course. - After some time on v3.x, you are free to remove the script.
- At the end of the experiment, I will provide each site admin with a copy of the analytics collected for their site.
- Once the last volunteer's site has finished its analytics collection, I will terminate the account and ensure the data is erased permanently.
- I will use the collected data to draw some conclusions, if any.
I will be the first to admit that I am not a statistician, nor do I have experience with this sort of number crunching, but I think it would be a nice exercise for the community.
Interested? Drop me a line here with your site URL, unless I already happen to know it
- I'd provide you with a GDPR-compliant analytics collection script that you would install on your site.
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@julian count me in
https://sudonix.com and https://hostrisk.comThe latter will be upgraded first.
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here is mine
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@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.
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No problem
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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. -
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.
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@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.
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@tankerkiller125 I too opt for
/recentas I prefer to see all activity rather than categories
