Personally, I agree that it will have an effect, but I'm not particularly sure how much of one it would have to the average user. I think that the kind of person who is going to actively run this sort of analysis to determine who is reading their content and from where is going to be doing it anyway, so the effect is already in place and adding GA won't increase it by any significant fraction.
As to other byproducts of having this feature... I'm hoping that it will help motivate people to create interesting content because they want to see more people reading what they're saying. I'd love to see DW be a home for 'famous blogs' and people who are aspiring to become pundits or activists or what-have-you. Do I think that's our target market or anything? No, we're a community first and foremost, but I think the feature definitely helps us.
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Personally, I agree that it will have an effect, but I'm not particularly sure how much of one it would have to the average user. I think that the kind of person who is going to actively run this sort of analysis to determine who is reading their content and from where is going to be doing it anyway, so the effect is already in place and adding GA won't increase it by any significant fraction.
As to other byproducts of having this feature... I'm hoping that it will help motivate people to create interesting content because they want to see more people reading what they're saying. I'd love to see DW be a home for 'famous blogs' and people who are aspiring to become pundits or activists or what-have-you. Do I think that's our target market or anything? No, we're a community first and foremost, but I think the feature definitely helps us.