R/dataisbeautiful
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{{short description|Subreddit focused on data visualization}}
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r/dataisbeautiful, also known as Data Is Beautiful, is a subreddit dedicated to aesthetically pleasing works of data visualization.{{Cite news |last=Nield |first=David |url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2019/09/21-sneakily-useful-subreddits-that-you-might-not-have-heard-about/ |title=21 Sneakily Useful Subreddits That You Might Not Have Heard About |date=2019-09-03 |work=Gizmodo Australia |access-date=2020-03-07 |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Kopf |first=Dan |url=https://qz.com/1165968/data-is-beautiful-the-five-most-popular-charts-on-reddit-in-2017/ |title=The five most popular charts of 2017, according to Reddit |date=2017-12-28 |work=Quartz |access-date=2020-03-07 |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Ferenstein |first=Gregory |url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/08/09/data-is-beautiful-is-a-hidden-gem-for-gorgeous-data-visualizations/ |title=Data Is Beautiful is a hidden gem for gorgeous data visualizations |date=2014-08-09 |work=VentureBeat |access-date=2020-03-07 |language=en-US}} It was created in 2012; as of January 2022, it has over 20 million members.{{Cite web |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/social-media/2020/01/how-she-ghosted-me-men-being-radicalised-tinder-data |title=How she ghosted me: the men being radicalised by Tinder data |last=Peake |first=Eleanor |date=2020-01-10 |website=New Statesman |language=en |access-date=2020-03-07}}
Rules
The r/dataisbeautiful subreddit requires users submitting visualizations to clearly credit both the individual who created the visualization and the source of the data on which it is based. If someone submits a visualization they created themselves, the rules require them to put "[OC]" in the title of the submission, and to identify the source of data and software tool they used to create it.{{Cite journal |last=Campbell |first=Mary Pat |date=November 2016 |title=The Where of Data Visualization |url=https://www.soa.org/news-and-publications/newsletters/compact/2016/december/com-2016-iss-54/the-where-of-data-visualization/ |journal=CompAct}} "OC" is a standard Reddit acronym for "Original Content".
Media attention
A 2014 VentureBeat article noted that r/dataisbeautiful "...aims to collect the best of the Web in a daily rounded up of gorgeous data visualizations." The article also stated that the subreddit has been "unearthing the best ways to visualization thought-provoking and topical stories."
In November 2019, the decision of moderators at r/dataisbeautiful to temporarily ban animated bar chart graphs showing the relative position of entities on a list over time – so-called bar chart races – received attention from The Next Web.{{Cite news |last= |url=https://upvote.shop/find-best-subreddits/ |title=The Most Popular Subreddits You Should Know & How To Find Them |date= |work= |access-date=2023-03-08 |language=en-us}}{{Cite news |last=Mix |url=https://thenextweb.com/apps/2019/11/28/reddit-dataisbeautiful-race-charts-ban/ |title=Reddit's DataIsBeautiful is sick of bar chart races — so it's banning them |date=2019-11-28 |work=The Next Web |access-date=2020-03-07 |language=en-us}}
In January 2020, Eleanor Peake noted that, because the subreddit had received so many submissions by Tinder users plotting their experiences on the app, one Reddit user set up a separate subreddit dedicated entirely to Tinder-related data visualizations.
Individual posts in the subreddit have also been reported on by the National Post{{Cite news |url=https://nationalpost.com/health/a-reddit-user-posted-a-graph-of-her-heart-rate-during-sex-and-was-accused-of-faking-her-orgasm |title=A Reddit user posted a graph of her heart rate during sex and was accused of faking her orgasm |date=2015-08-12 |work=National Post |access-date=2020-03-08 |language=en-CA}} and Vice.{{Cite news |last=Rogers |first=Kaleigh |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-word-appears-in-more-reddit-post-titles-than-any-other/ |title=This Word Appears in More Reddit Post Titles Than Any Other |date=2018-11-09 |work=Vice |access-date=2020-03-08 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/}}
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