We're trying to do a bit of marketing, but it's very hard to measure anything when there's so much noise in the data. So I thought "fuck it", and decided to filter it all out.
It was a bit worse than expected... The dashboard said 2.5k humans a week. Two basic checks (did the IP load the CSS, and does it come from a datacenter) and it was down to about 230.
There were a few interesting findings along the way.
(Also, yeah, numbers aren't great, but I'm trying!)
Hey HN, author here!
We're trying to do a bit of marketing, but it's very hard to measure anything when there's so much noise in the data. So I thought "fuck it", and decided to filter it all out.
It was a bit worse than expected... The dashboard said 2.5k humans a week. Two basic checks (did the IP load the CSS, and does it come from a datacenter) and it was down to about 230.
There were a few interesting findings along the way.
(Also, yeah, numbers aren't great, but I'm trying!)
the dead internet theory ain't really a theory anymore in 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Internet_theory
Definitely. But stripping out all the bots feels weirdly great when you suddenly start seeing the real people emerge from the noise.
Depressing that this feels great, but it is what it is...