[tor-bugs] #10712 [Metrics Website]: Mention the time period more explicitly

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#10712: Mention the time period more explicitly
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     Reporter:  infinity0        |      Owner:  karsten
         Type:  defect           |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:
    Component:  Metrics Website  |    Version:
   Resolution:  fixed            |   Keywords:
Actual Points:                   |  Parent ID:
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Changes (by karsten):

 * status:  needs_information => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:7 infinity0]:
 > Replying to [comment:6 infinity0]:
 > > > - OTOH, if you instead "divide total requests in a UTC '''week''' by
 10", then the graphs would ''not'' look the same, and you would want to
 apply my patch but say "per week" instead of "per day".
 >
 > Ah, I suppose you would divide by 70, if you were counting over the
 course of 1 week. I understand your point better now. You are basically
 treating each point-event (a directory request) as an event that lasts for
 2.4 hours, then counting "how many concurrent events" exist over the
 course of a day on average. In this context, there is not really an
 "aggregation" period, more of an "averaging" period.

 Yes, this describes the approach pretty well.

 > I don't think "per day" is misleading though - it lets the user know
 what the resolution of the data is. You would still get a different graph
 if you averaged per-week - it would have a similar scale to the per-day
 graph, but the actual precise output would be different.

 Yes.

 > Alternatively, you could say "concurrent users" or "est. concurrent
 users" instead of "users per day".

 I agree.

 > Some suggestions for the FAQ:

 Thanks, those are good suggestions.  Applied!

 Closing as fixed.  Thanks!

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