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Oct 31	2011-10-31 00:00:00 UTC	2011-11-07 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
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Nov 21	2011-11-21 00:00:00 UTC	2011-11-28 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Nov 28	2011-11-28 00:00:00 UTC	2011-12-05 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Dec 5	2011-12-05 00:00:00 UTC	2011-12-12 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Dec 12	2011-12-12 00:00:00 UTC	2011-12-19 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
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Jan 23	2012-01-23 00:00:00 UTC	2012-01-30 00:00:00 UTC	1	1

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tezza·Jan 23, 2012

A simple grep of your HN comment history shows equivalents to 'Like' http://www.webmasterkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/javascript/35764/For-all-those-jQuery-fa… https://github.com/derwiki/redirect_tracker http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ltwatch/id482807766 http://angularjs.org/ https://github.com/ludicast/angular-peepcode-todo etc. How is Facebook worse than this??

In Stallman: Facebook is Mass Surveillance

derwiki·Nov 2, 2011

That's a neat trick. After hearing about Mirapoint, I built a simple proof of concept that uses time-delayed redirects to gauge how long a user has attempted to load an image: https://github.com/derwiki/redirect_tracker Like most email metrics, it's lacking -- but this is still -a little- more information, and that goes a long way in email marketing.

In Show HN: Email open rates are stupid.