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larsmb@mastodon.online

Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷

FLOSS folks, is there any research into using image pulls / downloads (or even, yuck, GH stars) as a metric for number of installations/active users?

(Please don't reply with lists of pro/cons/limitations/constraints etc, got plenty of those myself; I'm specifically looking for existing papers or other publications, thank you! 🙏)

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jarkko

Jarkko Sakkinen

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Edited 1 year ago
@larsmb not demanding this myself but just as a tip: maybe you could extend the description with the context for your research. That, I think, sells better the cause.

anyway put forward :-)
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jarkko

Jarkko Sakkinen

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@larsmb if i was reviewing a kernel patch i'd state the same as "the motivation part is missing" :-)
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geekygirldawn@hachyderm.io

Dr. Dawn Foster

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@larsmb I know that @georglink was doing some research on this with a few others, because I read an early draft of the paper, which was super interesting, but not sure if it's been published yet.

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