[tor-bugs] #23169 [Metrics/Website]: Explain why metrics are important and what we do to make sure they're safe

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#23169: Explain why metrics are important and what we do to make sure they're safe
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 Reporter:  arma             |          Owner:  irl
     Type:  defect           |         Status:  needs_revision
 Priority:  Medium           |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Website  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal           |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  metrics-2018     |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                   |         Points:  2
 Reviewer:  iwakeh, karsten  |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by karsten):

 Thanks for making those changes! Some more feedback:

  - I see where the "portal" comes from. I'd say let's wait for those other
 portals to exist before deciding about re-introducing that term for Tor
 Metrics.
  - Building the ecosystem diagram should indeed be an Ant task. But we
 should also check in the PNG file, so that one doesn't have to use
 graphviz in order to build the website. In any case, we can still add that
 Ant task after merging.
  - The new "Open Data, Visualizations, and Tools for Tor!" is really huge.
 And at a resolution of ~768..991 it overlaps with the text on the right.
 How about we just write "Welcome to Tor Metrics" there? (Untested how that
 would look like.)
  - The "Learn more >>" button looks a little bit lost there. It's also not
 as important for most visitors, in particular returning visitors. Maybe we
 can tone it down by turning it into a common link in the second paragraph?
 Like, a link from "great care", or so.
  - I like how the six boxes to Users, Servers, etc. are summarized under
 "Analysis", which was something that we discussed on #23973 for the
 navigation in general. Wouldn't it also make sense to pick "Services" as
 title for the three new boxes? They are direct links to Services subpages,
 just as Users, Servers, etc. will be direct links to Analysis subpages.
 And if we say "Services" there, we can use the cogs symbol, which looks a
 bit nicer than the circled question mark.
  - Somewhat unrelated to this change, we should consider changing the
 navigation group in the secondary navbar (on extra small devices) from
 "Metrics" to "Analysis". Just reduce your browser size to a minimum and
 click on the donut to see what I mean. This could be part of #23973, too,
 though.
  - Entirely unrelated, I found that the copyright in the footer still says
 2017. If you like, feel free to update that, too. If not, we'll do it
 afterwards.
  - If you rebase, be sure to rebase to current master. I made some more
 changes yesterday.

 Thanks!

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