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That's a wrap, folks. This comment is more valuable by far than the article.
by cm2012 8y ago
That's a wrap, folks. This comment is more valuable by far than the article.
- NetOpWibby 8y agoI've learned to read the comments to any posted NYT article, than visiting said article itself.
- stephengillie 8y agoI scan through HN's list of articles, and click "hide" on all NYT articles, before even reading titles. Same for many other newspapers and a few "usual suspect" websites. (This article was an exception, as I've had LASIK in the past 20 years, and it caught my eye.)
- NetOpWibby 8y agoHaaaaah, I see what you did there. Wink wink.
- forapurpose 8y agoInternet rants might sound smarter-than-thou, but I read the articles for myself: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17290745 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17290745
- NetOpWibby 8y agoI value my time somewhat so if something sounds the least bit dubious, I peruse the top comments first.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoI've learned to read the HN comments to any posted article first - and then decide whether or not I want to catch up with the article itself.
- matte_black 8y agoOnly reason I read comments for NYT articles is to see if anyone has a scathing criticism about the article, and there usually is.
- jasonkostempski 8y agoMy RSS reader filters them out. I also built a browser plugin for myself to remove links to domains I never want to go to, NYT is 1 of them, mostly because of the paywall. Haven't made the plugin work for mobile FF yet though, thats how I got here.
- NetOpWibby 8y agoOoh, seems I've pissed off some people. Just look at those downvotes!