[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #6511: Provide helpful plugin stats and insights

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#6511: Provide helpful plugin stats and insights
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 Reporter:  markzahra         |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  high              |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by bfintal):

 In [https://wpwatercooler.com/wpwatercooler/ep432-solutions-to-the-active-
 growth-problem/ WPwatercooler episode 432] where solutions were talked
 about, Otto brought up that one of the reasons the growth chart was
 removed was because it was giving inaccurate data, and that the data you
 can derive from it is inaccurate.

 I’d just like to bring up that in my opinion, it’s perfectly fine if that
 data isn’t 100% accurate as long as it’s data that we can reliably learn
 from. If a plugin author can derive that their plugin has 500 new active
 installs that week, but in reality it’s really just 371 installs, then
 that’s okay because we still know that it’s still somewhat accurate and we
 can still learn that our plugins are retaining or gaining (hopefully not
 losing) traction. Also, the level of inaccuracy is same for every point in
 the growth chart, so since we’re learning from the growth rate, then it’s
 still great data!

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Ticket URL: <https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6511#comment:109>
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