Implementing analytics on AKASHA World, an open discussion on the rationale and your choices

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TL’DR

  • We all want to improve the UI/UX of AKASHA World, this requires us to learn how you use AKASHA World
  • You decide whether or not you wish to contribute to analytics
  • You can change your mind at any time
  • Your experience of AKASHA World is not impacted either way

Who is AKASHA World?

In this article we write about “us”, but who is that?

It is you and me and everyone else in AKASHA World.

How?

AKASHA World is a decentralized social platform created and sustained by the AKASHA Foundation. It will be managed by a Swiss Association, the AKASHA DAWA. It serves as a public good, allowing communities to self-organize and access distributed apps.

Why is AKASHA World using Matomo analytics?

We set out with the promise to make interacting with distributed apps a truly delightful experience. To make this promise come true, we are working tirelessly to improve the UI/UX of interacting with the decentralized web.

By analyzing user interaction data, we can identify:

  • The most utilized features
  • The common pain points and obstacles
  • The areas causing confusion

Privacy — with whom will my data be shared?

Matomo is an open-source web analytics platform that gives you complete control over what happens to your data, unlike platforms such as Google Analytics.

The data won’t be shared with anyone else outside of the AKASHA Foundation and the AKASHA DAWA, and there will be no external parties examining your data.

I do not like analytics, is there a way to opt out?

Yes, analytics will always be opt-in. It’s an opportunity to contribute to our collective intelligence, but it remains your decision at all times.

You may opt out of analytics at any time via the Privacy settings—opting out will not impact your use of AKASHA World.

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What data do we intend to collect, with your consent?

Only with your explicit consent (meaning you have to actively say YES to it), Matomo will collect the following data:

  • Sign-up flow events
  • The usage of some main components (feed, trending topics…)
  • Navigation information
  • Restricted referrer data (type of referrer, no referrer URL)
  • Anonymized IP address (first 2 bytes)
  • Pseudonyms instead of User IDs
  • Location (country, region, city)
  • Date and time (including local time zone)
  • Browser and OS information

We will maintain an up-to-date list on our Privacy Policy page.

What data will we never collect?

  • We never have access to any private keys
  • We do not collect balance information of Ethereum addresses
  • We do not collect IP addresses (these are always recorded in an anonymized way)

Thank you :pray: We’d appreciate your feedback and invite you to discuss the topic with us

The AKASHA Foundation cares deeply about privacy. We want to make the Web a better and safer place for everyone, and your input is invaluable. We invite you to share your feedback with us about this topic below.