i would call that data dramatization rather than data visualization, and i think it sucks. (Reply #1)

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Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2018, 02:41 PM

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1. i would call that data dramatization rather than data visualization, and i think it sucks.

i'm a big fan of good data visualization and tufte has some great examples (see, e.g., https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a50f/335f700ccfe31ad4c0873eaa305ab15fc6b8.pdf)

but making me wait 5 minutes for data points to flow into their buckets so i can see the final numbers is really idiotic.

looks cool, sure; but really, i'll not be using this technique when i present data, ever.

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6 replies	Author	Time	Post
Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys [View all]	WhiskeyGrinder	Mar 2018	OP
i would call that data dramatization rather than data visualization, and i think it sucks.	unblock	Mar 2018	#1
Lol okay!	WhiskeyGrinder	Mar 2018	#3
sorry for the digression ;)	unblock	Mar 2018	#4
Thanks for sharing this, this is my my story! Nt	Anon-C	Mar 2018	#2
Wow. This sunk real fast.	qwlauren35	Mar 2018	#5
Thanks for kicking. I'll admit for years that I thought that if we could solve economic problems,	WhiskeyGrinder	Mar 2018	#6

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