For the longest time, I did not want analytics. I don't write for traffic or eyeballs, and I abhor being profiled for ads. My purpose is to think via writing, and as a side-benefit feed conversations about the stuff I am interested in.
Recently though, I added Cloudflare analytics (no cookies, no deep profiling) out of sheer curiosity, in the spirit of the innocent surprise and joy of seeing "hits" from across the world on my very first website in the mid 2000-s. Sooner or later I'll get rid of it.
As Julia writes in her post, page views aren't important to me. The occasional email conversations that fall out of my posts are!
Recently though, I added Cloudflare analytics (no cookies, no deep profiling) out of sheer curiosity, in the spirit of the innocent surprise and joy of seeing "hits" from across the world on my very first website in the mid 2000-s. Sooner or later I'll get rid of it.
As Julia writes in her post, page views aren't important to me. The occasional email conversations that fall out of my posts are!
(edit: better words)