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Very entertaining! How did no one realize this was fake by the first graph? Does xkcd design the graphs for fb premium partners?
by kevando 11y ago
Very entertaining! How did no one realize this was fake by the first graph? Does xkcd design the graphs for fb premium partners?
- minimaxir 11y agoThe aesthetics of the chart are pretty standard for a 2D Stacked Area chart. The only "mistake" is that the CONFIDENTIAL watermark is a lower z-order than the chart, which defeats the purpose of the "watermark."
- elbigbad 11y agoWe circulate internal drafts like that all the time. The purpose of the "Confidential" or "Draft" marking isn't to be in front of the data, it's to clearly indicate to anyone internally who has a copy that it shouldn't be released.
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- teraflop 11y agoI assumed the punchline was going to be that Facebook was generating fake graphs to scam their advertising partners, and the author was blowing the whistle.
- yoodenvranx 11y agoIf this would've been posted to medium.com instead of facebook.com it would've taken me much longer to figure out that this is just a story of fiction. If this somehow would've been true then Facebook most likely would have deleted it within a short time.
- ethanbond 11y agoFacebook has client facing products that look worse than that. No joke.
- duderific 11y agoI fell for it...I figured the graph was just an illustration to give a general idea of what the data looked like, not the actual graph itself.