What was the subreddit that represented to you the best example of downspiral of quality? To me it was /r/dataisbeautiful
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At first it was all about presenting data in an original looking way. In the end it was about pushing political ideas in your throat using a plain bar graph. It was not about sharing something interesting you found but about taking advantage of a captive audience.
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As a data junkie I loved r/dataisbeautiful at first, but it definitely became painful. It got to the point I couldn’t looks at the charts and graphs.
This is quite literally the only post that ever needed to be made
I remember seeing a literally default excel chart as one of the top posts. And it wasn't upvoted in an ironic way.