VIZ LAB

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10 approaches to multi-dimensional enshittification data

Facebook — 81/100 — Terminally Enshittified

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Product Page Themes

Full product page rendered in 11 design directions. Same data, same components, different aesthetic.

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Stacked Area

Layers stack to overall score. Each dimension is a colored band — total height equals overall score.

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Streamgraph

Centered stacked area with organic flowing shape. Same data as stacked area but visually distinct.

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Heatmap Grid

Rows = dimensions, columns = time points, cell color intensity = score. Click any cell for details.

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Radar Snapshots

Overlapping polygons for each time point on a 10-axis spider chart. Shows shape evolution.

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Ridge / Joy Plot

Each dimension gets its own horizontal band showing score over time, stacked vertically with overlap.

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Bump Chart

Ranks dimensions by score at each time point, showing how rankings shift over time.

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Small Multiples

10 mini line charts in a 2×5 grid, one per dimension, with shared axes. Easy individual comparison.

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Marimekko / Mosaic

Each time point is a column, width proportional to time gap, subdivided by dimension contribution.

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Animated Radar

Single radar chart with a time slider that morphs the polygon shape as you scrub through time.

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Slope Chart

Parallel vertical axes for each time point, lines connecting each dimension's score across time.

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