The potential for abuse is the reason you maintain the old statistic as well.
While we are at it, is there any way for a developer to get a list of the members who've installed it? I know it currently displays anyone who has installed the mod in the thread when they post but know of no way to get this list otherwise.
This list combined with a profile field for 'number of boards you own/admin' Could allow me to determine ballpark figures for this statistic myself.
Statistics and trends are useful to know, and vborg contains a wealth of information about various things. Two useful things I could gather from such information are: 1. Which mods to spend time on improving (eg to improve a mod thats not used much, or to provide more benefit to a greater number of users) 2. Are any of my mods viable to offer commercial services on (eg support, customizations, 'power' versions) .
If I have a mod thats installed by 100 people, its worth some time adding new features. If i've got a mod thats only installed by 1 person, maybe its not... however IF that one person happens to have 100 boards, it may be even more worth spending time on, as if that one person wants customizations etc actively maintaining the mod makes them more likely to approach me to do the work instead of hiring an external developer.
12-28-2009, 03:40 PM
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