dantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoSpiral of silence (theory that people censor themselves if they feel their opinion is in the minority)en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down10
arrow-up1181arrow-down1external-linkSpiral of silence (theory that people censor themselves if they feel their opinion is in the minority)en.wikipedia.orgdantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agothis is the first graph i’ve seen where time is on the y-axis instead of the x-axis. that decision makes me immensely uncomfortable.
minus-squarelb_o@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoWith other axes it would be a corkscrew of silence. We are free to name axis however for the sake of better representation, they forgive us and allow us to do so. Sometimes there is no time at all.
this is the first graph i’ve seen where time is on the y-axis instead of the x-axis.
that decision makes me immensely uncomfortable.
With other axes it would be a corkscrew of silence.
We are free to name axis however for the sake of better representation, they forgive us and allow us to do so. Sometimes there is no time at all.