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| author | Zhiming Wang <zmwangx@gmail.com> | 2016-01-08 11:21:54 -0800 |
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| committer | Zhiming Wang <zmwangx@gmail.com> | 2016-01-08 11:21:54 -0800 |
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Markdown source files: Use ... to end YAML metadata block
Also add a newline after the metadata block.
... is easier on markdown-mode; if --- is used, the line immediately
above it will be treated as a setext header and highlighted, which isn't
so easy on the eyes.
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diff --git a/source/blog/2015-09-25-removing-google-analytics-from-this-blog.md b/source/blog/2015-09-25-removing-google-analytics-from-this-blog.md index ebcb5ef2..660a8f64 100644 --- a/source/blog/2015-09-25-removing-google-analytics-from-this-blog.md +++ b/source/blog/2015-09-25-removing-google-analytics-from-this-blog.md @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ title: "Removing Google Analytics from this blog" date: 2015-09-25T12:30:25-07:00 date_display: September 25, 2015 ---- +... + There was a lengthy discussion about Peace and ad-blocking in [Accidental Tech Podcast Episode 136](http://atp.fm/episodes/136). There were many lessons to learn from the story; as a side effect, it also made me reconsider Google Analytics on this blog. I've been a user of ad-blocking for years and have little to no moral burden.[^1][^2] I do hate being tracked online, even by Google (to whom I entrust so much of my personal information), although it's certainly better (I believe) than the host of shadier ad networks out there. Given this, why should I force something even I hate down my visitors' throats? Google Analytics is nice at telling me how many page views I got and where they came from, and I don't earn any money from it so I shouldn't feel guilty, but (1) it does install a tracker, and (2) I care very little about traffic anyway. |