Do you know not to use Alphabetical Sorting?

Updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 1 year ago. See history

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The default sort order for most visualizations is alphabetical, but you should almost always change this.
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  figure: 'Alphabetical sorting is really only good if you\'re specifically looking for one item on the X axis, but it\'s terrible for seeing ranks, trends, or proportions.

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