I actually wish this were true. Sure, they would show the snippet for the time we care about, but they MUST provide the source graph that contains all data back to the Big Bang. Specifically the Plank Era, we don’t want a graph where time doesn’t exist, that would make the graph useless.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

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[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

I'm still waiting for someone to do an x-up coordinate system just to mess with people.

[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yes, of course the Y axis.

I work with charts/vizualizations/data a lot, but for whatever reason I reflexively mistake X/Y a lot. It's not even funny.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 4 points 1 day ago

I make the same mistake all the time for some reason, though I know which is which. I have a theory the reason is that the X axis is often used to plot years (Y), which messes with my brain ever so slightly.

That said, I don't think the Y axis should necessarily start in zero in a graph that seeks to show the pattern of growth rather than the number of users in absolute terms. If anything, a longer X axis would have been more useful, in order to show how unusual such a growth pattern is.

[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Y has a vertical part, just like its axis. X is the other one.

[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 0 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

This is like a weird personal thing that I can't even explain. For whatever reason, the Y axis becomes labelled as X in my mind in random situations. And I use charts (and other data visualizations a lot).

The funny thing is when I am thinking of X, I don't have this urge to call it Y. If I am looking at horizontal, X is the first thing that comes to mind. But not with Y.