I DON'T WANT YOUR DATA
       
       2023-12-07
       
       > The web loves data. Data about you. Data about who you are, about what you
       do, what you love doing, what you love eating.
       >
       > ...
       >
       > I, on the other end, couldn't care less about your data. I don't run
       analytics on this website. I don't care which articles you read, I don't care
       if you read them. I don't care about which post is the most read or the most
       clicked. I don't A/B test, I don't try to overthink my content. I just don't
       care.
       >
       > ...
       >
       > Manuel Moreale
       Manu speaks my mind. Among the many hacks I've made to this site, I actively
       try not to invade on your privacy by collecting analytics, and I try not to
       let others to so either!
       
       My blog is for myself first and foremost (if you enjoy it too, that's just a
       bonus). This leads to two conclusions:
       * If I'm the primary audience, I don't need analytics (because I know who I
       am), and
       * I don't want to be targeted by invasive analytics (and use browser
       extensions to block them, e.g. I by-default block all third-party scripts,
       delete cookies from non-allowlisted domains 15 seconds after navigating away
       from sites, etc.); so I'd prefer them not to be on a site for which I'm the
       primary audience!
       
       I've gone into more detail about this on my privacy page and hinted at it on
       my colophon. But I don't know if anybody ever reads either of those pages, of
       course!
       
       LINKS
       
 (DIR) My article: "Making WordPress Fast (The Hard Way)", which mentions my distaste for analytics
 (HTM) My repost of Brendan Dawes' "Permission to Write Stuff", in which I stress the importance of myself as the primary audience of my blog
 (HTM) My privacy page
 (HTM) My colophon