BlackRose@slrpnk.net to Data Is Beautiful@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoEarth's land Mammals by weightimgs.xkcd.comimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1350arrow-down129cross-posted to: kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev
arrow-up1321arrow-down1imageEarth's land Mammals by weightimgs.xkcd.comBlackRose@slrpnk.net to Data Is Beautiful@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square39fedilinkcross-posted to: kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev
minus-squareSeaOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43arrow-down3·2 years agoInteresting data, but I don’t think it is beautifully presented. Bar charts, or maybe a blown up pie charts may be easier to grasp the scale. Blobs of the largely same color, dispersed in a random pattern make it hard to quickly see scale
minus-squareBlackRose@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down24·edit-22 years agoThe beautiful presentation was chosen to underline a message.
minus-squareianis@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·2 years agowhich would have been a lot more clear in a bar chart
minus-squareBlackRose@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoIt’s like yesterdays post https://lemmy.ml/post/2352771 with a map of the US. The circle could represent earth.
minus-squareconductor@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoThis one wasn’t very good either.
minus-squareUnverifiedAPK@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 years agoThe “beautiful presentation” in question
Interesting data, but I don’t think it is beautifully presented. Bar charts, or maybe a blown up pie charts may be easier to grasp the scale.
Blobs of the largely same color, dispersed in a random pattern make it hard to quickly see scale
The beautiful presentation was chosen to underline a message.
which would have been a lot more clear in a bar chart
It’s like yesterdays post https://lemmy.ml/post/2352771 with a map of the US. The circle could represent earth.
This one wasn’t very good either.
The “beautiful presentation” in question