A melancholic development. But in a way, kind of relieving.
I think Nate Silver and his team did an amazing job making statistical analysis interesting and transparent and trustworthy.
On the other hand, 538 was a weirdly sterile website to actually read. On the rest of the internet you have raging and bombastic news designed to elicit feelings and (most importantly) clicks. 538 tried their best to fit in this world, but you were still just reading data analysis about other news or topics.
I think Nate Silver and his team did an amazing job making statistical analysis interesting and transparent and trustworthy.
On the other hand, 538 was a weirdly sterile website to actually read. On the rest of the internet you have raging and bombastic news designed to elicit feelings and (most importantly) clicks. 538 tried their best to fit in this world, but you were still just reading data analysis about other news or topics.