• korendian@lemmy.worldOP
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    15 hours ago

    The y axis starting zero does not change the fact that it’s exponentially growing right now. Filter that link posted below for 120 days and it is still a nearly straight vertical line of growth.

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      It’s not exponentially growing. At best, the growth rate has exponentially increased. These are VERY different things.

      It was exponentially growing, the platform would come screeching to a halt and crash.

      • korendian@lemmy.worldOP
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        12 hours ago

        Jesus fucking Christ, you people are miserably pedantic. Nothing about my original post is wrong, so please kindly shut the fuck up with your “well achtually” takes.

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            11 hours ago

            They seem to be serious. The more concerning thing is that people are agreeing with them. I guess common sense is not so common.

            • Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org
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              10 hours ago

              I got the same criticism about a similar graph a while ago. Numbers are on the left, people can clearly see how big of a change the graph shows, and I have no way to present the graph differently as it’s straight from the website, but people still want to argue about it

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                7 hours ago

                Tbf graphics like that are commonly used to be deceitful, because people don’t actually check the numbers on the left.

                But in this case I think it probably doesn’t matter lol

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      14 hours ago

      The only thing worse than misrepresentation of statistics is completely misguided criticism of statistical representation.

      While we’re at it, the X axis doesn’t start at zero either.

      • korendian@lemmy.worldOP
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        14 hours ago

        It’s the perfect combo of karma farming and “well, achtually” to make your blood boil. Good thing karma isn’t a thing on here from what I can tell.