• gfle
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    1 day ago

    It’s an unfortunately looking vote gauge (it’s like a poll where readers decide whether it does lean on either side or not), not their opinion about the article.

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      1 day ago

      Its a design decision that is bafflingly stupid. People will use this as evidence of bias.

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      21 hours ago

      yeah, it appears that they just took some generic gauge animation, in which arrows always tend to start on the left-hand side (think any of the gauges in your car.) Once you vote it does tell you that the most popular opinion is that it’s center/fair