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OP author here: the rivalries there are directional, "if you liked X, you probably disliked Y", but not vice versa. (One thing I find interesting is that most r
by var_explained 9y ago
OP author here: the rivalries there are directional, "if you liked X, you probably disliked Y", but not vice versa. (One thing I find interesting is that most rivalries really are directional: you see git users disliking svn, but not svn users disliking git).
Perhaps there's a way I could make that clearer in the post!
- nobodyorother 9y agoThe ":" implies bidirectionality (or at least, non-directionality), you could clarify it in the graph by replacing ":" with "dislikes" or "->".
- erikpukinskis 9y agoAs a coder, : is pretty directional in my head. A greater than sign would be explanatory tho.
- bhauer 9y ago> OP author here: the rivalries there are directional, "if you liked X, you probably disliked Y", but not vice versa. (One thing I find interesting is that most rivalries really are directional: you see git users disliking svn, but not svn users disliking git). Awesome, thank you! I agree that the direction of the rivalry is an interesting part of it. I just noticed that "backend : frontend" and "frontend : backend" both appear on the chart, which implicitly answered my question. Perhaps another sentence or two that highlights this would help readers understand the directional nature of the chart. For example: These rivalries are directional, which demonstrates how rivalries are often asymmetrical. For example, as seen in the results chart, those who like backend have more distaste for frontend than vice-versa.
- lifthrasiir 9y agoYeah. I first observed this and was confused because the phi coefficient should be symmetric---I understood what's going on only after proof-reading the description (again).