-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hpr0145 :: "Stop smoking" by Ken Fallon Released on 2008-07-21
Total downloads: 1 Total lives saved: 1 Ken. On 2014-06-02 15:15, David L. Willson wrote: > 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 ----- 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 >>>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ Hpr mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org >> - -- >> Regards, Ken Fallon http://kenfallon.com http://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents.php?hostid=30 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTjIZBAAoJECO2jUN3MRFpKO0QAJ896KtMT1MeoTWWm1SQC2r5 JL6rwLZ4qW80HBwjZfIBt38cOkt2rlB3x5mD9gcIq8x5TD6RpfJYDmsf/orUt3FV pP1eKEX2Li/zYmRFPoK9T52eDidF59FCqXjtttKx0W2BbBLnj5Y32PjpBHCqfzzu SZZzNbQgSxsL7Ly/gQOQ3Vv/Buv9BSWtWt0x1bA6zuFw9b77cjer9R+hff2aAXBe FW2yXF+Wq3PQxQJOQ/CMev7ivJozSDJmbIU0eBQGXbmke4bSOPLxgwJIuCV4TKRW QrkbIb4Nd5nWfPKzI/HzCvWn0lZ7HrytfSMx1qYQfUB/k7QFGMZEdxzk1GWnAAiV Ml1QtKddZmec1qAgx8dC1wRav6iz9vfChTpS5B4CCRlCQLF67OEIedh0i2u12fMI praXE4QK1nXLClcVcm3O5XItF/JAEey4pCDd5EXGWRryr7qRQhawCEBXbJfMWx6h Kd65olJd54chuppw075dMfnkoX3UoYQxrGUjYvJJUcZhslByhK2BGgjA6hej8t0H UFdM4dpkx8rU6s22FbqGXVd1k/2qc9tQidhIjdIccxAzF804zgJqQshzyQ1FsPIP 5Q//EO4r0Dz7i1ElUfg7Pcheu+EY9VCtGHAoiHZm6vaD72syZ+0sf1tCWwTpyD0r lr+lIek6WTfvDPLGQlCm =5/56 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Hpr mailing list [email protected] http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org
