I appreciate the graphics that they post, but this one was… Bad.

This is great news! And please also extend my deepest sympathies to whichever analyst was asked to cram this histogram into a pie chart.

They are taking the criticism in good faith though

Well, we’re taking a pie in the face on this one @[…]

We try to make info like this as clear as we can, @[…], but we don’t always get it right. Thanks for your feedback. We’re, uh, cutting ourselves a slice of humble pie.

The post: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7Pi4qAh72c/

  • Tar_Alcaran
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    6 months ago

    Sort of valid, in a “when were these households connected, using only 3 data points” kind of way. There’s no graph law, so everything is legal and valid. But this is like printing a book on ticker tape, not impossible, just really dumb.