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by inopinatus 1155 days ago
This measure of “fairness” merely impairs the utility of the data. Any standard based on puff-piece marketing is inherently garbage. There’s no research or policy value in dragging our thinking down to the same level.

Unsurprisingly, many of their taxonomies are 30-50% labelled “Other”, a common warning flag of either junk data or lazy classifications.

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Note that the graphs on the taxonomy pages collapse labels outside the top nine under "all others." The incidents aren't literally labelled "other."