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Why isn’t the bottom of the graph flat? I can see how at any particular year the revenue from each source is represented by its color in the vertical slice, bu

Why isn’t the bottom of the graph flat? I can see how at any particular year the revenue from each source is represented by its color in the vertical slice, but what is the significance of the baseline going up and down over time?

wigster 3y ago
it is vertically symmetrical. it just doesn't look like it is because the horizontal year axis is in the wrong place. i am happy to say i never spent a penny on a ring tone.
- atlasunshrugged 3y ago
  I am sad to say I definitely did, that said I feel like it was a rite of passage for a Motorola Razr owner
- brookst 3y ago
  But it’s not vertically symmetrical? Look at paid streaming. Definitely not symmetrical.
  - ghaff 3y ago
    I think the totals are--or at least they're close. But it's just sort of a weird way to do a visualization as opposed to just zero-basing the Y-axis.
    - brookst 3y ago
      Gotcha. Yeah, the totals are, but it makes it very hard to compare different categories. Grr.
jeremiahbuckley 3y ago
The vertical is total revenue for the year, centered around the axis. More emotional than a flat bottom edge, less info, less wasted space on the page. The bands appear to be stacked older-format-lower. It’s visually interesting, but without a vertical scale I’m immediately suspicious.