diff --git a/_drafts/2023-03-23-no-tracking.md b/_drafts/2023-03-23-no-tracking.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2a67bc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/_drafts/2023-03-23-no-tracking.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +published: true +title: "Why I Stopped Tracking Traffic on My Blog" +permalink: /no-tracking/ +description: "I was never happy about being tracked, why should I do that to others?" +category: personal +--- + + + +Back in 2021, I deleted my Facebook account that had thousands of connections, and created a new one just for closest family members and friends. + +Some time before that, I deleted an older Twitter account with hundreds of followers to create a [new one](https://twitter.com/ayoayco) that I wanted to be more focused. + +It's quite liberating, but apparently those were just the beginning of my "cutting ties" with big tech. + + +## The Social Media Business Model + +I wasn't happy with companies earning from my personal information and communication; not to mention the destructive nature of their algorithms pushing misinformation just because those things generate more engagement. + +Back in 2014, Facebook funded a research to test if they can [control users' emotions and modify their behavior](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/29/facebook-users-emotions-news-feeds). + +It was no surprise then, when a couple of years later, millions of people voted for [a dictator who used Facebook](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-07/how-rodrigo-duterte-turned-facebook-into-a-weapon-with-a-little-help-from-facebook) to be the next president in my country. + +Somebody profited from this and it has never been better for people ever since. + +## Removing Tracking from This Blog + +Well that was a bit heavy for a blog about removing analytics ain't it? + +In a [recent commit](https://github.com/ayoayco/blog/commit/6e0b664a4fd51c3d9a7bbcb8f7b04c5967ff51c5) to this blog's code, I removed all tracking scripts -- + + in this blog I want to write a bit about why I've