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Am I the only one that never reads these articles but just goes straight to the comments? It seems like reporters always get the facts bungled and go for the si

Am I the only one that never reads these articles but just goes straight to the comments? It seems like reporters always get the facts bungled and go for the simple story - out of necessity of course.

TaylorAlexander 9y ago
On this article I clicked on it, realized The Guardian was going to be waaay to general, and then went to the comments knowing I would find a quick break down of the facts written by "my people" for an audience like me. Often I'll skip the article entirely.
- suzzer99 9y ago
  Yep - same thing with that "Roomba is selling maps of your home" thing that's going around. Turns out they're considering partnering with Alexa or something, and you'd have to opt in of course. I just skipped straight to the comments to get the real scoop instantly.
trhway 9y ago
for me it is about page loading - pretty much straightforward successful and predictable on HN and slow and/or heavy, jerking current position/scroll around and full of whatever else surprises the page of the source. I want to know what it is about immediately, i.e. basically it is an issue of instant gratification for me :) If information on the HN comments page isn't enough (which is rare), or the source is really vouched/confirmed to be interesting by itself - then i take the bullet.
- suzzer99 9y ago
  I bet you love usatoday.com.
twic 9y ago
I also do this. HN comment pages are extremely varied in their quality, but they do tend to be good at shooting down articles which aren't as good as their titles suggest. Plus, HN loads fast. So, open the comments, check to see if the article might be worth reading, and if so, open it, flip back to the main page while the article loads.
dekhn 9y ago
I often jump straight to comments, but I think Google's blog post for this is required reading: https://research.googleblog.com/2017/07/so-there-i-was-firing-megawatt-plasma.html https://research.googleblog.com/2017/07/so-there-i-was-firin...

TaylorAlexander 9y ago

On this article I clicked on it, realized The Guardian was going to be waaay to general, and then went to the comments knowing I would find a quick break down of the facts written by "my people" for an audience like me. Often I'll skip the article entirely.

suzzer99 9y ago
Yep - same thing with that "Roomba is selling maps of your home" thing that's going around. Turns out they're considering partnering with Alexa or something, and you'd have to opt in of course. I just skipped straight to the comments to get the real scoop instantly.

trhway 9y ago

for me it is about page loading - pretty much straightforward successful and predictable on HN and slow and/or heavy, jerking current position/scroll around and full of whatever else surprises the page of the source. I want to know what it is about immediately, i.e. basically it is an issue of instant gratification for me :) If information on the HN comments page isn't enough (which is rare), or the source is really vouched/confirmed to be interesting by itself - then i take the bullet.

suzzer99 9y ago
I bet you love usatoday.com.

twic 9y ago

I also do this. HN comment pages are extremely varied in their quality, but they do tend to be good at shooting down articles which aren't as good as their titles suggest. Plus, HN loads fast. So, open the comments, check to see if the article might be worth reading, and if so, open it, flip back to the main page while the article loads.

dekhn 9y ago

I often jump straight to comments, but I think Google's blog post for this is required reading: https://research.googleblog.com/2017/07/so-there-i-was-firing-megawatt-plasma.html https://research.googleblog.com/2017/07/so-there-i-was-firin...