Going on a data diet?

The National Science Foundation has an annual report that shares data on science and engineering. It's called Science and Engineering Indicators.

As I learned in an article in Science, the size of this report has steadily grown since its inception in 1972:

But now there's talk of slimming back down -- although not everyone thinks that's a good idea. Read more here?

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/05/could-shrinking-nsf-s-beloved-indicators-be-boon-researchers

What do you think? Is it a bad idea to go on a data diet?