Why are user pages not tracked by default?

Created on 2 January 2025, 9 days ago

Problem/Motivation

In the defaults, the GTM script is not added on pages where the path is /user/*

Why is that?
Is there a reason to exclude these pages from tracking?

Looking at the commit history, this has been the default since 2014, but I don't see an explanation of why.

💬 Support request
Status

Active

Version

1.0

Component

Miscellaneous

Created by

🇬🇧United Kingdom malcomio

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  • Issue created by @malcomio
  • At my place, the users are the maintainers of the site, and not the intended consumers.
    It would be padding the audience size to include their activity. Eliminating those pages helps in that regard.

    At least that's the angle i'm coming from.

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