Data visualization can be a great way to drive numbers home and give them a visual weight mere statistics don’t have. At least, that’s what happens when they make sense. Sometimes visualizations are downright dumb and just make things worse. Like these, for instance.
https://gizmodo.com/stop-already-with-the-f-cking-infographics-5846087
WTF Visualizations has been curating a lovely collection of infographic excerpts that represent the absolute nadir of the form. And while things like this might be pretty horrifying to find in the wild, we can have a good laugh about them here. A good, horrified laugh. Here are a few of our favorites.
You can check out even more (from the past and in the future) over at WTF Visualizations. [WTF Visualizations via Hacker News]
