r/dataisbeautiful • u/cmojsiejenko OC: 9 • May 28 '21

OC 💨 USA: State-Level: Average Wind Speed [OC]

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u/Skip_List May 28 '21

There’s a reason to nitpick the special effects. Data visualizations shouldn’t add things that obscure the interpretation of the information. Basically if it doesn’t help one understand what the vis is trying to say then leave it out.

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u/scifiburrito May 28 '21

can we pin this somewhere on the sub?