• past@lemm.ee
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    9 hours ago

    Starting the y-axis zero wouldn’t change the shape of the curve at all, but it would make the increase seem less dramatic.

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      7 hours ago

      It’s a ~10% increase, but the scale makes it look like the count shot up by 10x at first glance. I know that’s why you always need to look at the axis labels, but graphs like this are purposely presented this way because they’re easy to misinterpret for the average person.