IRC statistics bot - Page 2

UnMarth · 21-08-2008

As, so far the stats are no longer processed or used after 24hours, would it be best for privacy concerns for the old 'out-dated' stats to be destroyed? Or at the very least not to be held longer than what is necessary?

DannyTheNinja · 21-08-2008

UnMarth: I'll try to get that implemented. You're right - it is probably better that data no longer needed should be destroyed or at least archived in way that it is inaccessible to the frontend script. I was hoping to make the statistics also work over a long-term period so that we could watch daily/weekly/monthly growth or shrinkage of the channel. What do you think would be the best balance between privacy and long-term statistics? Would you feel better with all data more than, say, 48 hours old being destroyed, or would you consider the statistics anonymous enough to be safe for long-term record-keeping?

--Danny

Lukie · 22-08-2008

I don't have a problem with it, but it's not something I would personally use. >_>

UnMarth · 25-08-2008

Also, you might want to think about putting a robots.txt file in the root directory of the stats. So most of the crawlers won't crawl it. Not that its working at the moment :P

DannyTheNinja · 28-08-2008

Stats are moved to a different server. That's why they don't show up on scribus. Had to start hosting the bot from my main server because scribus is at school with me every day now. I have to sanitize WHOIS info and hopefully I'll be able to eventually post a public link. The only way to keep it anonymous though, will be to buy a whole domain or use a free DynDNS account, and I'm not sure I will be able to reliably do either.

EDIT: I've moved the bot to a different server with a static IP. The statistics are now accessible at http://dannybot.webhop.net/. Please PM me if you have any privacy concerns. All requests will be considered.

--Danny

View Poll Results: Should there be a bot in the IRC channel that collects statistics?
Yes! I think it would be helpful.	9	56.25%
No! I think it invades privacy.	2	12.50%
No, for some other reason (post below)	2	12.50%
I don't really care.	3	18.75%
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28-08-2008	#15 (permalink)
DannyTheNinja Eat my wikidust Staff Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Age: 17 Posts: 398 Threads: 22 Gallery Uploads: 7 Wiki Edits: 400 Blog Entries: 5	Stats are moved to a different server. That's why they don't show up on scribus. Had to start hosting the bot from my main server because scribus is at school with me every day now. I have to sanitize WHOIS info and hopefully I'll be able to eventually post a public link. The only way to keep it anonymous though, will be to buy a whole domain or use a free DynDNS account, and I'm not sure I will be able to reliably do either. EDIT: I've moved the bot to a different server with a static IP. The statistics are now accessible at http://dannybot.webhop.net/. Please PM me if you have any privacy concerns. All requests will be considered. --Danny Last edited by DannyTheNinja; 28-08-2008 at 06:50 PM.

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21-08-2008	#11 (permalink)
UnMarth Mitte! Mitte! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK Posts: 619 Threads: 13 Gallery Uploads: 1 Wiki Edits: 45 Blog Entries: 17	As, so far the stats are no longer processed or used after 24hours, would it be best for privacy concerns for the old 'out-dated' stats to be destroyed? Or at the very least not to be held longer than what is necessary?

21-08-2008	#12 (permalink)
DannyTheNinja Eat my wikidust Staff Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Age: 17 Posts: 398 Threads: 22 Gallery Uploads: 7 Wiki Edits: 400 Blog Entries: 5	UnMarth: I'll try to get that implemented. You're right - it is probably better that data no longer needed should be destroyed or at least archived in way that it is inaccessible to the frontend script. I was hoping to make the statistics also work over a long-term period so that we could watch daily/weekly/monthly growth or shrinkage of the channel. What do you think would be the best balance between privacy and long-term statistics? Would you feel better with all data more than, say, 48 hours old being destroyed, or would you consider the statistics anonymous enough to be safe for long-term record-keeping? --Danny

22-08-2008	#13 (permalink)
Lukie Aysc.qm Historical Donor Staff Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,318 Threads: 30 Gallery Uploads: 7 Wiki Edits: 154 Blog Entries: 39	I don't have a problem with it, but it's not something I would personally use. >_>

25-08-2008	#14 (permalink)
UnMarth Mitte! Mitte! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK Posts: 619 Threads: 13 Gallery Uploads: 1 Wiki Edits: 45 Blog Entries: 17	Also, you might want to think about putting a robots.txt file in the root directory of the stats. So most of the crawlers won't crawl it. Not that its working at the moment :P