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[โ€“] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

this is the first graph i've seen where time is on the y-axis instead of the x-axis.

that decision makes me immensely uncomfortable.

[โ€“] lb_o@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

With other axes it would be a corkscrew of silence.

We are free to name axis however for the sake of better representation, they forgive us and allow us to do so. Sometimes there is no time at all.