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It also is completely useless because of the tens of thousands requests random bots and hacking tools do each day on most websites, the many network hops for mo
by vntok 6y ago
It also is completely useless because of the tens of thousands requests random bots and hacking tools do each day on most websites, the many network hops for mobile users, the utterly impossible task of counting time spent per page (on active tab), conversion tracking and so many data that web logs aren't designed to collect or present in any useful way.
- superkuh 6y agoThey're actually pretty useful for me despite, and even because of all the things you mention. I don't know why a corporation couldn't achieve the same as my single person plus a bit of perl. I guess for-profit organizations just have unique goals that can't be met unless they're acting unethically.
- vntok 6y agoBeing able to reflect on what works and what doesn't is actually the ethical thing to do so that the business' decision makers don't spend time, money and human resources on efforts that are at best useless and at worst detrimental to the company. Employees or (worse) freelancers who deliberately retain data and keep it away from the company are utterly unethical in that they prevent the company to assess their actions and to take adequate measures based on them, including firing them if they cost but don't provide.
- superkuh 6y agoYou're assuming anything that saves/time money is ethical because it is beneficial for the company. But many things that are beneficial for a company are unethical and bad for actual humans the corporate "person"/entity interacts with.