I too prefer to read those articles with many comments. (I usually read comments first, and then decide based on that if I should bother reading the article).

I too prefer to read those articles with many comments. (I usually read comments first, and then decide based on that if I should bother reading the article). However, I do not think the ranking needs to change, the number of comments is clearly visible on the home page, it's easy to just skip those links with little or no comments.