I appreciate the graphics that they post, but this one was… Bad.

This is great news! And please also extend my deepest sympathies to whichever analyst was asked to cram this histogram into a pie chart.

They are taking the criticism in good faith though

Well, we’re taking a pie in the face on this one @[…]

We try to make info like this as clear as we can, @[…], but we don’t always get it right. Thanks for your feedback. We’re, uh, cutting ourselves a slice of humble pie.

The post: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7Pi4qAh72c/

  • octoblade@lemmynsfw.com
    61·
    6 months ago

    I (somehow) figured it out. Picture it as 3 separate pie charts stacked on top of each other. Or 57% as the base amount and each subsequent area is the increase on the previous amount.

    2017 = 57% 2024 = 20% 2027 = 23%

    • xantoxis@lemmy.world
      3·
      6 months ago

      oh shit you got it.

      I still don’t think they could have produced this from graphing software, it must have been drawn by hand and w h y