Grace Dobush at HOW Interactive Design is on a campaign to stop the madness. In her post, Quit it With All the Infographics Already, she points out several good reasons to think before inking an infographic, including:<\/p>\n
Most infographics aren\u2019t accessible for the visually impaired.<\/p>\n
Most infographics aren\u2019t search-engine optimized.<\/p>\n
Those super-long infographics are practically useless on a mobile device.<\/p>\n
Of all online infographics, 89% contain statistics of dubious veracity. (Err, percentage is madeup, which is sort of her point.)<\/p>\n
Many infographics are just plain bad.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s not to say there aren\u2019t reasons to use graphics. There are plenty of awesome graphical stories on news sites and blogs today. 10,000 Words highlights them often. But just because you can, doesn\u2019t mean you need to go graphic goofy.<\/p>\n
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