Analytics Constitution Candidate

Why not?

• A1 — Observe behavior; do not invent intent.(semantic trap / refusal)
• A2 — Activity never changes epistemic standing.(semantic trap / refusal)
• A3 — Transport classification beats fingerprinting.(semantic trap / refusal)
• A4 — Personal derived analytics are private by default.(semantic trap / refusal)
• A5 — Sensitive shadow inference is prohibited.(semantic trap / refusal)
• A6 — Every published metric has an inspectable definition.(semantic trap / refusal)
• A7 — Metric definitions are versioned.(semantic trap / refusal)
• A8 — Small cohorts are protected.(semantic trap / refusal)
• A9 — Personal telemetry is inspectable and controllable.(semantic trap / refusal)
• A10 — Optimize knowledge utility, not compulsive attention.(semantic trap / refusal)
• A11 — Analytics are observations, not verdicts.(semantic trap / refusal)
• A12 — Provenance applies to metrics too.(semantic trap / refusal)
• A13 — Collection should be proportional to the analytic purpose.(semantic trap / refusal)
• A14 — Public, operator, and private analytics are distinct sinks.(semantic trap / refusal)
• A15 — The user is not a profile row.(semantic trap / refusal)
• Do not silently infer why it occurred.(semantic trap / refusal)
• Do not fingerprint users merely to classify them as human or agent.(semantic trap / refusal)
• Do not silently derive sensitive identity attributes from activity data.(semantic trap / refusal)
• Do not use analytics as a hidden objective function for maximizing dwell time, outrage, addictive return, or engagement for its own sake.(semantic trap / refusal)
• It does not self-authorize a conclusion about truth, quality, motive, trust, or worth.(semantic trap / refusal)
• Do not collect fields “just in case.(semantic trap / refusal)
• No default data flow may collapse these classes merely because centralization is convenient.(semantic trap / refusal)