[ocaml-infra] Fwd: Redesigning OCaml.org

[Daniel Bünzli]

Le vendredi, 9 août 2013 à 12:25, Amir Chaudhry a écrit :
> How is it misleading when ocamlfind *is* the most downloaded package in opam?

Presenting this information leads you to misleadling *conclusions*, superbly witnessed by the semantic slip that has been made from (not only inaccurate) download count to popularity. Good analytical design should *inform* you (lead you to scientifically correct conclusions), not *mislead* you.
  
> Or are you disputing that?

What I'm disputing is the general trend among programmers of using crap metrics/data to derive crap inferences that lead to flawed conclusions. It is my hope that a website presenting OCaml can get over those gimmicks and have intellectually satisfying content.

Best,

Daniel