Critique of an interactive visualization: “Finding love on Craigslist”

This is a T-shirt competition entry by Lo-Hua Yuan. Lo-Hua won the comp this time and is getting a T-shirt, congratulations!

If you’re looking for love, check out Craigslist. I’ve never used Craigslist before, but after seeing Dorothy Gambrell’s graphic, I was curious whether or not the source of its data is still functioning. Indeed, under Craigslist’s personals, there’s a section for “missed connections” that lets people post missed chances at love, with the far-out hope that their potential new love(r) will see the obscure blurb. The posts usually begin with something like, “I saw you the other day at that one place… you were…” Call me maybe?

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