The Only Metrics That Matter
www.joanwestenberg.com
I don't run analytics tools on my blog or The Index. Why would I? I don’t write for numbers. I write for people. There are no ads, no sponsors, and no investors to placate with colorful graphs and charts. In my experience, most metrics measure the wrong things. Page
  • BroBot9000@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Fantastic article! If you are optimizing for numbers you aren’t writing for human engagement.

    • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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      2 days ago

      Agreed, it’s like engagement versus actual engagement, like actually connecting with your audience, human to human.

      Westernberg has been on fire lately with her critiques of platform capitalism, and the commercial web generally. She speaks in a much more off the cuff manner, but honestly I put her next to Zitron or Doctorow, as defenders of the Good Internet.