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Sorry about that. We gather metrics on site usage so we can monitor how people are using the site. We're looking into a fix.

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OK, guys, if you are watching me using your site then could you PLEASE announce that in a very big red block on the landing page or in a way that cookies are announced on many sites nowadays?

You should accept that usage monitoring is an inacceptable privacy invasion for many people nowadays and we would like to be informed about that kind of monitoring before using a site, so we can decide if we like it or not.

Do you really expect any site to not use Google Analytics in this day and age?

Or am I talking to a troll (username)?

Do you really expect that any site doesn't watch you use their site?

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