Back out there in the real world, there is skepticism that people are really spending more time on #Mastodon and driving traffic etc.

This is impeding some take up.

And one BIG reason is that Mastodon hides HTTP referrer information for privacy reasons, so you cannot see Mastodon traffic in your web stats.

I agree with this decision – but I want to warm about this consequence, as I suspect organisations are underestimating the shift that has taken place. #webstats #analytics