stream-of-consciousness radio brings you this... It will not be possible, nor would it be appropriate, for a show author to completely dis-regard the number of downloads of his/her show as a measure of it's relative quality. That being the case, it is worth developing a catalogue of things that can affect the count of downloads, other than the quality of the show.
- reputation of the author - overall popularity of HPR - season of the year - day of the week - popularity of the topic - quality of the title - quality of the show-notes - availability of the HPR site One might reasonably guess that the quality of the show is actually the least influential factor, because in order for a show's quality to affect the download count for the show, it must be known. For the show quality to be known, the show must be listened to, to be listened to, the show must be downloaded. So, unless the decision to download was based on word-of-mouth or a previous day's listen and then the loss or deletion of the file, it's unlikely that the quality of this particular show has anything to do with the download, at all. All that said, show-quality probably still has some effect, whether that effect can be isolated and measured, is more than I can guess. -- David L. Willson Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267) http://sofree.us This is a good time for a r3VOLution. ----- Original Message ----- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > I think showing downloads per show is excellent. It will give hpr > folks at conferences a good estimate to tell folks that their show > could be heard by x people on average. > > On Jun 2, 2014, Ken Fallon <[email protected]> wrote: > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >Hi All, > > > >Should we include the number of downloads an episode gets on the > >website ? > > > >Some points to note: > >- - The logs are generated every month so it would be from month to > >month. > >- - hits are defined as 1 download per show per ip per day. > > > >We don't have any logs before Sep-2010 so do we > >a) ignore shows before that date even though they have been > >downloaded > >since then ? > >b) calculate some guesstimate for a base and add the downloads we do > >know about. > > > >My own main objection to doing this is that downloads are not a > >measure > >of worth of the show. > > > >Discuss. > > > >- -- > >Regards, > > > >Ken Fallon > >http://kenfallon.com > >http://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents.php?hostid=30 > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >Version: GnuPG v1 > > > >iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTjGIyAAoJECO2jUN3MRFpIKIP/AxAnd8vzmmrUVt6YO56NJJO > >YCuMmtR4LdQB0KVCam4SSKwAWnWYQ40LdF/CFU5swK9H1IQ08Hdw4uEgFy7Xy/bt > >9DKPoVHsL3dLPfq7yzkhWVLHDNOrG/gd/eiW2o1hN70Jg/dXNPd3kmOS2See1BQM > >drG/CrHbviB2nLo4cMdtX5ETLEfHBrU9pNi4Xr0JswOr5PqPiqo04Ml3J6FfSKVF > >ic3bUtE8CS3SDPYS16nucsJ2AdFye8t2MXC4WwmVNzuxfEn3IKKmFxRJncmK7d68 > >WQD/y7/Pz0qwErlDrXy398ictXvHU83bMTRcW1lXEmV+cnMBMF5qsz1POcV9UZg3 > >7zVBVo3m6BlJxyRHUx7s0cs9cTQt0Sw6ZHqZwMlMiF9lODKtthngsgjQ59I+dNCP > >9HIlyXnzLFLKDVVrTNj1XX8NUMKBblXe+55Z7z4kh4hyp9pR2lhHdSSH1qxqgcsR > >XE7/A7Wgmk2jibt8icuLfuX/ogfTpjfN+nO0pGIRiVfn93dV2aN45R9fL2qtusdZ > >pCyuVPZAnY8ZvgYwvGB7DOLVXMlv25XzYlXKqIYWihdNt3YqjhMSACZk/hKXJRdj > >s0MuG6UQL3aMkfktahUnuIs5kf2A93YtVa0pMGJMhSNduHdEGHrNj2d2u/OctS+Q > >lU9t8JCv6ucA1XNFfsU4 > >=OScw > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Hpr mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > > - -- Sent with K-@ Mail - the evolution of emailing. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: APG v1.1.1 > > iQEzBAEBCgAdBQJTjGmPFhx4MTEwMSA8eDExMDFAZ214LmNvbT4ACgkQ85f1C0dy > M8wCBQgAmxH0vwz6QjTexspgW4ooBWLaHMzt4Q1/p2fLUnBixeds7v4ORtOu6WZY > zomyfxyubhNUTWISms+YAO0ZiixV0roL003D98QHAUuKviaQ4aSEvAgMXv3WRM1N > s/KOQOqfd0feWkK23ZSJEWetFV2dyD+xooKtfKbe8+4/nkAwaStf6aWY6SPRJP7A > LHrm/i5KYwygsRL/YrfyOpv7nwhutMxJYPCJLP64jp338o14MsSNVxvGAfZXDdOb > hXATIMGRBj+pQjSJEQtm9wubp80KtwfxZ86qjdFM8eGn4tduRbhYAiDrVvlpMKK2 > QKrYFVkOS2NYi8wL7wTJ59/dQT+imQ== > =yEzM > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > [email protected] > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > _______________________________________________ Hpr mailing list [email protected] http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org
