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> What a bizarre piece. How long did it take everyone else to realize it was fiction? Longer than it would have taken if I'd never worked in analytics. I doub
by Alex3917 11y ago
> What a bizarre piece. How long did it take everyone else to realize it was fiction?
Longer than it would have taken if I'd never worked in analytics.
I doubt there is anyone who has ever worked on analytics software who doesn't have stories about articles with negative page views, impossible traffic spikes, or data from the future. (And in fact Facebook's APIs are some of the worst offenders for producing garbage data.)
- eropple 11y agoYup yup. I think this is one of those cases where knowing a little about the topic can throw you, because (a little too much drama aside) it does feel remarkably authentic.
- merraksh 11y agoThe flatness before and after the huge spikes (for Adidas/Vernix/VW) and the fact that the plot goes back to pre-spike levels also suggest that this is not real data---though I thought of that after realizing it is fiction.