Log axes for highly-variable or compounded-growth data are not only valuable for showing low-scale movements, but greatly reduce apparent growth. They're commonly used in financial data.
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They pretty much embarrass companies into having good honest ads, and mostly it works. No company wants to be called out on having a dishonest ad by them.
[+] [-] dredmorbius|6 years ago|reply
Compare:
Linear scale: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.png?g=oMZ6
Log scale: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.png?g=oMZi
[+] [-] sharkmerry|6 years ago|reply
Maybe I am wrong, but Isnt log scale the standard for investing charts?
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/05/logvslinear.asp
[+] [-] londons_explore|6 years ago|reply
They pretty much embarrass companies into having good honest ads, and mostly it works. No company wants to be called out on having a dishonest ad by them.
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