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Added FAQ item to explain 'boring' viz.
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question: Why does the visualized data look so boring?
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Those who participated with this tool early on may have seen that the data
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seems to be more interesting back then. There were 3-4 opinions groups all
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favouring a high degree of electoral reform, and each group had a story to
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explore in the data.
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Sadly, a current limitation of the tool caused this to change. When new
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participants supporting the current first-past-the-post system started
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arriving, they caused the other groups to "collapse" into one. This was through
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no fault of the new participants, but was simply an artefact of the current
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mathematical modelling. The "stories" (along with others) are still buried in
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the data, and can be teased out once we [release our open dataset](#open-data).
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The issue is that the tool and visualization simply aren't robust enough at
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this point, and unfortunately won't be remedied over the duration of this
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particular consultation.
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The Polis team are definitely thinking on long-term solutions for making the
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data more explorable by all participants, and also more [short-term
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solutions](https://github.com/pol-is/issues/issues/39) for moderators.

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