On 9/16/13 8:28 PM, Karsten Loesing wrote: > Hi everyone, > > some of you may already know our new approach to estimating daily Tor users: > > https://metrics.torproject.org/users.html#userstats > > This new approach is in beta since April, and I'm quite happy with it. > I trust the new numbers more than the old ones, both for direct users > and bridge users. The new code for direct users is quite similar to the > old one, but much cleaner. The approach for bridge users is a much > better idea than the old hack. Today I added the missing features like > the top-10 lists and the censorship detector. > > Why do I tell you this? > > Because the old approach uses resources on our poor, already overloaded > metrics machine, and I'm planning to shut down the old approach in the > very near future. Here's the plan: > > - Compute user numbers for 2012 and before; the current numbers start > on January 1, 2013. This is going to take at least until September 23. > > - Take out the "BETA" labels and throw out everything above "New > approach to estimating daily Tor users (BETA)". This could happen on > October 1. > > Thoughts? Did I miss anything that's worth keeping? Anyone want to > create an archive of their favorite graphs before I pull the plug?
Pulled the plug. The users page now shows only the new graphs: https://metrics.torproject.org/users.html Scroll down for a few questions and answers explaining the approach. The old numbers until September 2013 are still available and come with graphing code: https://metrics.torproject.org/data/old-user-number-estimates.tar.gz All the best, Karsten _______________________________________________ tor-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev
