"...test an underlying contributing factor that I believe led to all this: a reduced trust in journalism and Internet content on the whole. The comments sometim

"...test an underlying contributing factor that I believe led to all this: a reduced trust in journalism and Internet content on the whole. The comments sometimes were more fulfilling, informative and truthful than the link itself - not to mention advert/tracking free." This was a fascinating thought, that I didn't expect to read most of the way through the blog post. I think it is a very good sign that the author was able to consider two quite different perspectives on the same topic: that the comments were a cyclic predictable pattern capturing his attention for the wrong reasons, and that at the same time the comments were potentially valuable as a source of truth and trustworthy information. Fascinating, and I see some parallels to my own usage of HN. I will sometimes 'vet' an article I'm not sure of, by reading the quality of the commentary to assess the potential quality of the article. I certainly recognise the pattern of ctrl+clicking numerous links to read later when time permits.