Ideas for tracking adoption rates

[boonrs]

DataLook inquired on twitter about stats for adoption rates as a result of the twitter bot. What are some ways we could accomplish that?

[davidtsong]

The current release of CutePets utilizes the PetFinder API. That API includes a function to check if a dog has been adopted or not.

Just have another ruby script to check the id's from the tweet to the api call and see if the status char has changed to adopted.

Similarly, to track the amount of activity the tweets attract, Twitter has their analytics tool which shows how many impressions and interactions the tweet has created.

[t-pfaff]

Sounds good to me.
@boonrs @drewrwilson: What do you think?

[boonrs]

I think it's a good place to start. My initial questions/concerns:

• Increased complexity. Currently the app is simplistic, which I think is a plus when it comes to deployability and maintenance. Will adoption tracking necessitate a database? How does this data get shared?
• Causation. When a pet is adopted it doesn't mean it was a result of the twitterbot. We need to make that clear to whoever is looking at the data.