Website has incorrect statistic: 250% smaller
erikschul opened this issue · comments
Initial checklist
- I read the support docs
- I read the contributing guide
- I agree to follow the code of conduct
- I searched issues and couldn’t find anything (or linked relevant results below)
Affected packages and versions
latest
Link to runnable example
No response
Steps to reproduce
🚄 Bundle size of @mdx-js/mdx is more than three times as small (250% smaller)
Expected behavior
example: 100 kb => 25 kB
that would be a 75% reduction
the size would be 25% of what it used to be
Actual behavior
incorrect statistic
Runtime
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Package manager
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OS
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Build and bundle tools
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https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/27202/what-does-x-faster-mean, https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/573990/is-600-smaller-correct-use-of-percentages
It’s marketing. It‘s words. It doesn’t have to be exact.
It sounds as though you think lying is okay, as long as it has utility (marketing).
I disagree. And, I argue that statistics is a science, and misusing that science intentionally is unscrupulous.
Have a nice day.
Yeah, no....