A Serious Question for PUSFAN

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:48 pm

T1B is running google analytics, which means you're tracking user movement.

Why?

What possible reason could there be for you to give a flying fuck what sites T1B users visit?

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:55 pm

He wants to which Communist sympathizers that hang out at LV's horrid site, like you, to look out for.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:16 pm

Screw_Michigan wrote:He wants to which Communist sympathizers that hang out at LV's horrid site, like you.

Shouldn't that be spelled "witch"?

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:17 pm

I know you want to stir up some shit...but seriously, this is an embarassing FAIL.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:21 pm

Just want to be clear about this, PUS: You're denying it?

Think carefully about your answer

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:23 pm

Denying what? Google analytics is on this site - no argument there.

Do you really know what GA tracks, cuddles?

Think carefully about your answer.

Tom In VA · Post by **Tom In VA** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:26 pm

:blackhelicopters:

I think he's implying that your characterization of Google Analytics is a bit too broad and solely intent on trying to stir shit.

To my knowledge it's a service that provides simple website traffic analysis - how people get to your site, what they are interested in while at your site, etc..

He isn't "spying" on activity outside the domain of theoneboard.com.

I'm open to the possibility of being totally wrong.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:33 pm

Google Analytics (GA) is a free service offered by Google that generates detailed statistics about the visitors to a website.

GA can track visitors from all referrers, including search engines, display advertising, pay-per-click networks, email marketing and digital collateral such as links within PDF documents.

Google Analytics is implemented by including what is known as a "page tag". This is referred to as the Google Analytics Tracking Code (GATC) and is a hidden snippet of JavaScript code that the user adds onto every page of his or her website. This code acts as a beacon, collecting private visitor data and sending it back to Google data collection servers for processing.

Security Issues
Since Google uses IP addresses to identify users, all of this information on browsing and search history was released to hackers (most likely the Chinese government) during the recent breach of Google's security. As much as we might want to ignore the issue, this is not the first time that Google has been breached. While this probably isn't an issue for those that use Google Analytics, it is certainly an issue for those who visit websites that use Google Analytics.

No big deal, eh? Well, no, not very much for you- just for everyfucking body else who visits here.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:39 pm

Google analytics compiles usage stats for a domain. It doesn't tell me "what sites T1B users visit".

If I had known that GA would make Cuddles melt like this, I would have signed us up years earlier than I did...

BarFlie · Post by **BarFlie** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:44 pm

1st party cookie
Google Analytics has always exclusively used 1st party cookies to ensure reliable tracking and protect visitor privacy.
<<----- from the ga site

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:45 pm

In case my point is being missed/ignored- What the fuck is the point in this message board using google analytics?

You're not collecting user's browsing & search histories to market the board to new users, or collect advertising revenue, because t1b doesn't do either of these things. Saying that blogs and other sites do the same thing is entirely irrelevant and nothing more than a smokescreen.

So I'll ask one last time: What & why the fuck do you care what other websites users of this board visit?

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:55 pm

Cuda - none of us give a flying fuck what other sites folks visit. Even if we did, though - GA wouldn't give us that information.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:57 pm

PUS, that's just a flat out lie

SunCoastSooner · Post by **SunCoastSooner** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:59 pm

Does this mean that PSU watches my porn as well?

If so the brunette masturbating was hot wasn't she?

Think carefully about your answer.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:59 pm

The one question you refuse to answer,PUS, is why you think you need to use google analytics AT ALL.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:01 pm

I don't think I "need" to use it, Cuddles. It is entirely optional.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:03 pm

So why exercise the option?

You're not marketing the board to new users and you're not trying to collect advertising revenue, so why use it at all?

Your explanations are becoming less believable every time you hit "submit"

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:12 pm

I haven't offered any explanations, cuddles. GA is running on this site - that fact has never been concealed.

I'm still not sure what you're getting at - initially, you accused us of tracking what sites users visit...clearly indicating your confusion about what GA does. Do you understand GA any better now? Let me know if I can help.

SunCoastSooner · Post by **SunCoastSooner** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:15 pm

PSUFAN wrote:I haven't offered any explanations, cuddles. GA is running on this site - that fact has never been concealed.

I'm still not sure what you're getting at - initially, you accused us of tracking what sites users visit...clearly indicating your confusion about what GA does. Do you understand GA any better now? Let me know if I can help.

Does this mean you didn't see the brunette? Your loss.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:20 pm

PSUFAN wrote:clearly indicating your confusion about what GA does.

I believe GA offers shelter and sustenance to a certain overweight, info-sharing, spread-sheeting attention whore.

BarFlie · Post by **BarFlie** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:24 pm

KC Scott wrote:
BarFlie wrote:1st party cookie
Google Analytics has always exclusively used 1st party cookies to ensure reliable tracking and protect visitor privacy.
<<----- from the ga site
Damn, is that Fly actually taking up for T1B?

Rack you if you did -

first, i don't know otis from anywhere other than katy telling me she married a guy named mark.
second, katy, chyna, spray, red rover and sg are all long time aquaintences of mine and they all know how to take care of themselves on the web. they don't need any help from me. I primarily come here because i like the chat and radio.
bottom line: the latest round of bs and drama has nothing to do with me.

Derron · Post by **Derron** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:26 pm

Cuda wrote:
So I'll ask one last time: What & why the fuck do you care what other websites users of this board visit?

Take this as your opportunity to stop posting here and never come in here again. That way you get over on GA AND T1B, and it is one less ankle biter to waste bandwidth.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:27 pm

Cuda wrote:The one question you refuse to answer,PUS, is why you think you need to use google analytics AT ALL.

no guess as to original purpose, but, getting you to melt is good enough for the rest of us.

rack PUSFAN and his interweb spy thingy.

Tom In VA · Post by **Tom In VA** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:31 pm

BarFlie wrote: first, i don't know otis from anywhere other than katy telling me she married a guy named mark.
second, katy, chyna, spray, red rover and sg are all long time aquaintences of mine and they all know how to take care of themselves on the web. they don't need any help from me. I primarily come here because i like the chat and radio.
bottom line: the latest round of bs and drama has nothing to do with me.

RACK All Members of the GDI (God Damned Independents) Club.

I come here for political discourse and guffaws.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:35 pm

Here is a report I just generated from GA

Reports of that kind are available on any web hosting account. Google Analytics is probably the best free tool available...but hosting accounts always make a couple of other programs available.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:42 pm

Seriously, who still uses IE to visit this rotten shithole? That piece of crap has bigger security gaps than Katy's crotch.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:56 pm

Screen Resolutions Report

If I set the board up with a theme that had specific width dimensions, I'd first want to check what screen resolutions T1B users used - and I would generate a report like the one above.

jiminphilly · Post by **jiminphilly** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:58 pm

PSUFAN wrote:Here is a report I just generated from GA

Reports of that kind are available on any web hosting account. Google Analytics is probably the best free tool available...but hosting accounts always make a couple of other programs available.

ok... who used a playstation portable to check out the site?

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:59 pm

Screw_Michigan wrote:Seriously, who still uses IE to visit this rotten shithole?

54.42% of our users. As for the security of Katy's crotch...I think the horrific stench prevents just about all approaches, apart from the truly desperate.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:01 pm

PSUFAN wrote:Screen Resolutions Report

If I set the board up with a theme that had specific width dimensions, I'd first want to check what screen resolutions T1B users used - and I would generate a report like the one above.

That is a flat out lie, PUSFAN (<-----bwaaa! Get it? Pus, like pussy).

Look, you're DONE. I've got everything screencapped. You'll be hearing from my lawyer...as soon as she logs out and takes a BAR exam.

BarFlie · Post by **BarFlie** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:35 pm

in case you don't quite get it cuda a first party cookie works only for the domain it is placed on. once you leave here that cookie doesn't do anything. i'm a member of google adsense and have ads sprinkled around my website. i get info from a similar first party cookie. no big deal dude.

Derron · Post by **Derron** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:40 pm

Screw_Michigan wrote:Seriously, who still uses IE to visit this rotten shithole? That piece of crap has bigger security gaps than Katy's crotch.

Now you did it...you alluded that there are other browsers besides IE...you are really going to fuck with some of these brain dead's now.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:41 pm

People still use Netscape? bwaaa

Must've been Petrus.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:43 pm

You could use Netscape up to a few years ago. I used to use Navigator on my old computer because of tabbed browsing. This was before Mozilla.

ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 · Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:59 pm

Cuda -- did you know that Big Brotha is looking over your shoulder and controlling what banner ads you see?

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:18 pm

And if it wasn't for Gobbles holding us back, T1B would be even higher.

R-Jack · Post by **R-Jack** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:57 pm

Sharin a tinfoil hat with BCO these days Cuddles?

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Cuda wrote: I vote Box of Rocks

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:08 pm

jiminphilly wrote:
ok... who used a playstation portable to check out the site?

~ raises hand ~

Tom In VA · Post by **Tom In VA** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:10 pm

Removed

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:25 pm

battery chucka' one wrote: I don't know the validity of this rumor

...but hey, don't let that stop you. Cuddles is in good company...

RACK Roach.