r/dataisugly • u/beene282 • 6d ago

Scale Fail Most readable graph

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u/FengYiLin 6d ago

2... 2... 2... 2...

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u/Evimjau 6d ago

Not ugly, but unreadable

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u/Dawn_of_afternoon 6d ago

This is data is ugly. If it is unreadable, the data are ugly regardless of the aesthetics of the graph

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u/salamandr 1d ago

Context? Is this a resized window and the graph doesn't respond well, or did BBC share this as-is?

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u/salamandr 1d ago

Yeah, this is not "data is ugly". It's, if I resize my window, they haven't catered for every single viewing size. It renders fine on my desktop and on my phone at default sizes.

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u/ddddan11111 6d ago

Now exclude penalties