BlackRose@slrpnk.net to Data Is Beautiful@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agoEarth's land Mammals by weightimgs.xkcd.comimagemessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1349arrow-down129
arrow-up1320arrow-down1imageEarth's land Mammals by weightimgs.xkcd.comBlackRose@slrpnk.net to Data Is Beautiful@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square44linkfedilink
minus-squareSeaOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41arrow-down3·3 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-down23·edit-23 years agoThe beautiful presentation was chosen to underline a message.
minus-squareianis@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·3 years agowhich would have been a lot more clear in a bar chart
minus-squareBlackRose@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-23 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-up10·3 years agoThis one wasn’t very good either.
minus-squareUnverifiedAPK@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·3 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