From 6053d313ce3abe876c7d05574effab438ce5e410 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zhiming Wang Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 11:21:54 -0800 Subject: 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. --- source/blog/2015-09-25-removing-google-analytics-from-this-blog.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'source/blog/2015-09-25-removing-google-analytics-from-this-blog.md') 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. -- cgit v1.2.1