A very confusing graph posted by the GovBC account ( lemmy.ca )

I appreciate the graphics that they post, but this one was... Bad.

This is great news! And please also extend my deepest sympathies to whichever analyst was asked to cram this histogram into a pie chart.

They are taking the criticism in good faith though

Well, we're taking a pie in the face on this one @[...]

We try to make info like this as clear as we can, @[...], but we don't always get it right. Thanks for your feedback. We're, uh, cutting ourselves a slice of humble pie.

The post: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7Pi4qAh72c/

Th4tGuyII ,
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Took me a minute, but it actually isn't that bad. The size of the last two sections represent the additional % on top of the previous...

Having said that, there must've been a better, less confusing way to represent this data

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