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I've learned to read the comments to any posted NYT article, than visiting said article itself.
by NetOpWibby 8y ago
I'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!