But does it count?
Feb. 1st, 2010 11:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stephbgI note with interest that my vanity blog hit counter #2 has ticked over to 20,000. When counter #1 went down I think it was at about 65K. Of course most of those hits were just me hitting refresh on my friends page, so it's been relatively meaningless for some time now. But then lj brought out the My Stats feature.
I've been meaning to talk about the My Stats feature for some time, just in case people weren't aware that their reading habits were under observation. Unless you've chosen to hide your identity in your privacy settings, I can see who (of the logged in lj users) clicks by into my blog. The privacy-conscious appear as faceless "Invisible guests" but at least I know they are real people. Yes, unlike a dumb counter, these are stats that take me out of the equation. I also get separate stats per post.
It's quite nifty seeing the odd friend-of-a-friend turn up. For the sake of ethics I hope they realise that I know who they are.
Technically I have issues with the caching and refreshing behaviour; it's a little mysterious on occasion, and that's not good for someone who's really keen on feedback. On the bright side I no longer have to depend on comments for my sad and sick validation requirements. A click is enough for me to feel wanted, loved, needed, and worshipped. Check out those self-esteem issues folks :-)
I'm hopeful I can go to work tomorrow. This has been an amazingly rotten flare. I've just had to miss a whole raft of social engagements so I'm a bit depressed, but there's another social peak coming up soon and hopefully I'll get to one or more of those.
I've been meaning to talk about the My Stats feature for some time, just in case people weren't aware that their reading habits were under observation. Unless you've chosen to hide your identity in your privacy settings, I can see who (of the logged in lj users) clicks by into my blog. The privacy-conscious appear as faceless "Invisible guests" but at least I know they are real people. Yes, unlike a dumb counter, these are stats that take me out of the equation. I also get separate stats per post.
It's quite nifty seeing the odd friend-of-a-friend turn up. For the sake of ethics I hope they realise that I know who they are.
Technically I have issues with the caching and refreshing behaviour; it's a little mysterious on occasion, and that's not good for someone who's really keen on feedback. On the bright side I no longer have to depend on comments for my sad and sick validation requirements. A click is enough for me to feel wanted, loved, needed, and worshipped. Check out those self-esteem issues folks :-)
I'm hopeful I can go to work tomorrow. This has been an amazingly rotten flare. I've just had to miss a whole raft of social engagements so I'm a bit depressed, but there's another social peak coming up soon and hopefully I'll get to one or more of those.
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Date: 2010-02-02 08:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-02 08:40 am (UTC)Large is probably safe. I've had some bad surprises with Medium.
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