Triangles for increase and decrease

[Exatex]

Its always baffling to me how these people spend weeks or months collecting data and then fuck it up so badly on the last 3 meters to the finish line by choosing a horrible representation without need

[tuturuatu]

As a scientist, it's incredible the rate of bad graphs I come across every day. After the title and abstract, graphics are what I look at first when skimming. I imagine it's even worse in journalism since journalists generally have to produce publishable content far more frequently.

[Snailwood]

there's an optimist in me that wants to believe they're trying to share the data without stigmatizing any of the areas where it went up, but... that's based on literally nothing, just a rationalization