Most times that I look at trackers list or HTML code of #FOSS websites, it does leave that question in the air of whether it's not considered necessary to actually *practise what you preach*?
I mean, if you depend on ads, or think it absolutely necessary to include tracking (but very important for publicity) buttons, that's OK by me.
But please then don't run all over the services you're using on your very own website. Ain't that a little funny.
@nbering The idea of getting answers through statistics is luring. But I gave up on that one. It'll always be incomplete, many users browse with (some) scripts blocked. One can get an impression of the impact through other channels: number of comments on a post, number of stars after mentioning repo in a post, number of reshares of a toot with post url.
Personal Piwik server with opt-in stats is a solution I find most diplomatic (in free software).
Btw, static comments https://github.com/eduardoboucas/staticman
@lightone I agree. I have concerns about the aggregate effect of tracking, but I still have Google Analytics on my blog to get an idea of the impact I’m having and which articles people find most interesting.
I’ll probably switch to a server-side metrics solution once I move off GitHub Pages. It’s not that I care where else people have been, just where they visit on my own site.