/r/dataisugly
Where data goes to die.
Welcome to Data Is Ugly, a sub all about butchered visualizations, misleading charts and unlabelled axes. If you've found a particularly useless/ugly/unreadable dataviz or infographic, and struggled to find someone who will listen to your complaints, then rejoice, for you are home!
Submission Rules
0. Obviously this should go without saying, but this is a place for data visualizations.
1. Please do not submit charts and graphics intentionally drawn poorly for the sake of parody. Go to /r/data_irl for that.
2. Submissions must actually have something wrong with the presentation. If it's not apparent what's wrong with your graph, try to explain what's happening—in either the title, post flair, or a comment—so we can all join in.
3. This isn't the place to bitch about the latest OC in /r/dataisbeautiful. (Non-OC by professionals is an exception.) You have the comments section of the /r/dataisbeautiful post for that, go there instead. This is not a space to mock the disabled.
4. Avoid brigading of popular subreddits. It's against Reddiquette and could possibly get us in trouble. CROSSPOST GOOD. BRIGADING BAD.
5. No reposts of popular graphics within 30 days. Check the top 25 posts of the month to see if it's been posted before.
6. Not a requirement, but post titles are encouraged to be as fun and sensationalized as possible.
Commenting Rules
- Don't be intentionally rude, ever. Well, unless the rudeness is directed toward the visual.
- Comments should be related to the visual presented.
- Hate Speech is not tolerated and will result in an immediate ban.
- Moderators reserve discretion when issuing bans for inappropriate comments.
/r/dataisugly
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AI can make charts, apparently
20:03 UTC
Heat maps showing the distribution of the Mutual Pleasure Index for both touch and look modalities
21:25 UTC
Yep, 62% is definitely more than 88%
02:59 UTC
Number of days passed between major updates
22:26 UTC
Political Bar Charts at their best
For when you really want to make it seem closer than it is... Just skew the floor :')
10:53 UTC
This gave me a brain injury.
What is the Y axis. Why are there two data points per item on the x axis.
21:56 UTC
A friend sent me this. What the hell does it even mean?
17:24 UTC
Caffeinated vs Decaf coffee...
15:53 UTC
Minnesota population
14:03 UTC
Top 10 largest metro networks in the world
23:32 UTC
Website putting down man made diamonds; their add is a clusterfuck. Axis? Scale? +3%/year vs -74% of what unit?
22:49 UTC
Who can enter the US without a visa?
18:46 UTC
This is the funniest misinterpretation I’ve seen
The data probably suggests the opposite of what is claimed: given that other demographics have higher rates of mental illness, it seems that conservative women are likely to have a maltreatment or underdiagnosis problem
17:41 UTC
Taken from a lecture presentation at uni
17:40 UTC
any insights?
21:22 UTC
Percentage tree cover
19:04 UTC
Where do I start with this
18:10 UTC
4-year terms broken into 5 sections, with no x-axis tick marks to show the boundaries...
21:43 UTC
All-Time Mens Wrestling Olympic Gold Medalists Place of Birth Map
15:13 UTC
Smithsonian Museum of American History
Interesting scale for the line graph, as well as an odd usage of pie charts.
13:07 UTC
First time posting here, does this belong?
06:56 UTC
The worst figure ever created by a botanist
22:24 UTC
Half of 17k is 3k? Interesting...
22:21 UTC
Subtle ugly
It’s the two different sizes 7%’s that drew me in. Then I noticed 4 and 5 are the same. Wait, is 2 bigger than 3?
19:13 UTC
Why would you bother putting the hair if you're not going to make it proportional?
18:26 UTC
Where is VMware though?
05:48 UTC
Hey look, if I plot y=F(x)/x I get a plot that goes down with x. {hint, check out the ylabel}
04:52 UTC
Guess whose getting a High Distinction in Data Science???
02:57 UTC