This is very similar to how I do it as well. The short of it is that for most articles which seem interesting the comments implicitly recap the most interestin

This is very similar to how I do it as well. The short of it is that for most articles which seem interesting the comments implicitly recap the most interesting parts of the article. Furthermore, the comments give a good idea of how reasonable the points of the article seem, since there's usually at least a few people here with plenty of knowledge in the relevant field. If an article seems interesting but doesn't have a lot of comments, I'll usually open the comments in a new tab and then refresh later to see if more comments have dropped in. If the comments indicate the article is interesting and I am interested in more than a quick summary, then I'll open the main link.