To get better statistics about Drupal Core usage (and module usage) to use in Drupal marketing I say we should remove the statistic submission of the Update module and get Drupal to send statistics all the time to drupal.org.
Why? Well, for one, accurate statistics (that most certainly show an increase) for Drupal usage is always good. Accurate statistics are good in markering.
Secondly, with services like DrupalStatus.org you don't need the Update module, they collect the data in some other way. When I don't need a module, I shut it off, and if a developer doesn't want the end-user/client to see the messages of updates or if the developer choose to use the DrupalStatus service (which I really like, and use every day) they shut the Update module off, and no statistics doesn't reach drupal.org. If DrupalStatus.org, and similar services, continue to grow and more and more website shuts off the Update module the stats will be very incorrect, and that is not at all good.
I've written more about it here: http://www.adamevertsson.se/en/articles/more-reliable-drupal-statistics, but the essence is what I've stated above - report all Drupal usage to drupal.org.
Yours fellow Drupalist,
Adam Evertsson
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@AdamEvertsson, thank you for making this proposal.
Three and a half years after this issue was created the Telemetry Initiative 🌱 Telemetry initiative Needs review was proposed in the core ideas queue. Even though that discussion is still ongoing it does has support and more discussion. Therefor, I think this can be closed and further work be carried out in the other issue.
Cheers