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It always baffles me when the top comment isn't discussing the article, but provides a response to the headline as if the article doesn't even exist.
by tyrust 7y ago
It always baffles me when the top comment isn't discussing the article, but provides a response to the headline as if the article doesn't even exist.
- sam1r 7y agoGood point. I am not going to read this article anymore.
- nighthawk648 7y ago:c but please!
- arkades 7y agoBetter that than “random personal anecdote only loosely related to the title.” Those are too common.
- mhluongo 7y agoThe clickbait title was what got me to this page, so why not? :)
- john-radio 7y agoYou mean the linked article isn't just a 750-word essay version of "Huh?!?!"
- LudwigNagasena 7y agoIt saves a click for many people who are tired of clickbait.
- dgzl 7y agoWhat's baffling about it? If someone were to only read the title and not the article and came to the comments section, a summary about the title would be desired. What you're probably baffled about is why do people only read the title and not the article.
- nighthawk648 7y agoI’m not sure... HN is supposed to be real time discussions of articles. summarizing the article not only is not discussion (read it is regurgitation / bastardization) but any argument / discussion had based on the summary will be inaccurate as they are going off of the words of another, who more than likely integrated logical fallacies that did not exist before the comment.
- sand500 7y agoFWIW this happens on reddit too as so many posts have clickbait titles, people are trained to go directly to the comments to find out the non clickbait version.
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- ptaipale 7y agoI think this brief summary was nice. The title to linked article was clickbaity.
- tootie 7y agoThe headline is grabby and precisely describes the situation she's explaining.
- albemuth 7y agoIn their defense, it is on Medium...
- 13415 7y agoI often check the comments first to see if there is one as clear and concise as CJ's. Then I don't need to skim a lengthy article for the information I'm interested in - such as the answer to the question in the headline in this case.
- ineedasername 7y agoI mean, I guess that's an issue sometimes, but this comment quite nicely summarized what the article explained at length.
- jxfreeman 7y agoYeah, sometimes the comments are more cogent, clear and concise than someone paid by the word.
- megaremote 7y agoIt is clearly not an article, it is question someone posed. Here is the answer.
- dudul 7y agoIf it saves me a click on medium, it's perfect.
- dplgk 7y agoSome people rather quickly see the reason than read about the leaves blowing on one crispy fall evening as a dog howled in the distance and the city lights twinkled beneath the moon.