A lot of times, infographics on the internet can take advantage of how much more data they can convey than traditional print ones. There is certainly such a thing as too much information, and a terribly detailed interactive graphic can certainly be overwhelming to a reader. I can think of several times when I started clicking on things in an interactive graphic, only to give up after realizing just how much time and effort it wanted from me.
Infographics in print are so useful because they convey only the most important and relative information. The option of interactivity that the web medium offers allows you to add more information than print would have space for, but that doesn't mean that you have to use every piece of data you collect. There is still a necessity to analyze and summarize the data down to the most relevant and interesting.
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