Prohibition of Reading Someone Else’s Writing or Letters - And How It Relates to Today’s Digital Resources Introduction Among the refined etiquettes taught in Islam is respect for others' privacy. This includes refraining from reading another person’s writings, letters, or personal notes without their permission. Scholars have discussed this issue extensively, drawing evidence from hadith, the practice of the Salaf, and juristic principles. Foundational Evidence from the Hadith The foundation for this etiquette is based on the narration attributed to the Prophet ﷺ: “Whoever looks into his brother’s writing without his permission is as though he is looking into Hellfire.” This narration has been reported from Ibn ʿAbbās (رضي الله عنهما) through various chains. However, scholars of hadith have classified it as weak (ḍaʿīf). Abu Dawud stated that all its routes are weak, Abu Hatim described it as munkar, and Ibn Hajar and al-Albani also declared its chain weak. Despite its weaknesses,...
Note: This post is for beginners, so you can skip this and read other posts if you are proficient in social media data analysis.
What is Analytics or Data Analysis?
Useful information is called data. It can be in multiple forms, such as descriptive or numerical. For example, the number of people who have visited your site or liked your post. In Pakistan, Analytics is underrated and not fully utilized compared to other digital marketing branches. The emphasis is on promotion and interaction. Digital marketers and page owners neglect the data and numbers and what story these facts and figures depict. The situation is not very different in other countries where SME businesses don't concentrate on data analysis. So let me educate you based on the matrices you should be looking at and how you can deduce inferences from them and improve your content strategy.
The number of visitors: This is the most basic metric you would encounter on FB, IG, Twitter, or other platforms. The inferences you can make from this metric are: how many people are coming to your page? Do they come on a particular day or time? Are they increasing or decreasing? From these questions, you can infer that you are doing a good job if people regularly come to your page. If the number is decreasing, then you should improve your content.
When do they visit your page?
It is also another useful metric that can tell you when visitors see your posts. Is there a trend that they visit your page, for example, on a particular day of the week or a particular time of day? For example, I used to work at a university. Our primary audience was university students. They would like posts in the afternoon when they had a lunch break or in the evening when they reach their homes, i.e., 7-9 PM. You can also see if your audience is available at a particular time and then schedule your posts at that time slot.
Who is your audience?
The demographic factors, such as gender, age, location, country, profession, roles, etc., tell you about your specific audience. For example, if you see those female users are the majority of visitors, you should post relevant content of interest to them. Female and male social media celebrities fail to recognize this insight. The female/male celebrities keep posting content relevant to the female/male audience and neglect others. This way, they lose a significant audience's attention.
What is the audience looking for?
Facebook provides insights on post engagement. Similarly, other platforms also tell what posts performed well. If you see that a particular post, such as a video, animation, image, text, or memes, is getting attention, you should be doing that more.
These are some of the most important insights you should be looking for. Once you get comfortable with them, you should search for more metrics and infer results from them.
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