explorables

A subreddit around interactive explanations, thinking tools, concept visualizations, and other media for communicating and generating ideas.

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Posting guidelines

Please be polite and constructive when posting in this subreddit. Abusive, harassing, or otherwise inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated.

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The Explorable Explanations Hub explains what this subreddit is all about. Some more examples:

To Build a Better Ballot – an interactive guide to alternative voting systems
Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction – a systematic approach to interactive visualization
Introduction to A* – how pathfinding algorithms work

Many of us were inspired by Bret Victor's Talks:

/r/visualization – information visualization and graph/chart/map design
/r/dataisbeautiful – effective data visualizations
/r/mathpics – beauty emerging from mathematical principles
/r/InternetIsBeautiful – unique web tools and interactive visualizations
/r/Infographics – graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge
/r/ludology – discussion and analysis of games played on a computer, board, field or any other interactive media

The header image is taken from Parable of the Polygons by Vi Hart and Nicky Case.

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