interactive-ness?

I believe that interactive graphics can add a ton of information to a story, allowing people to understand it that much better. However, more and more people are using interactive graphics for stories that don't necessarily need them, making the stories over-flooded with information that doesn't add anything to the story.

"...data alone does not make a graphic useful." That is something that most people forget when it comes to implementing an interactive graphic to run along with another story. Giving the audience too much information can confuse them when your main goal was to make it easy for them to understand everything.