It’s because people get a dopamine hit from reacting emotionally to stories. On the other hand, reading before reacting requires resisting going after the dopa

It’s because people get a dopamine hit from reacting emotionally to stories. On the other hand, reading before reacting requires resisting going after the dopamine hit and actually works the other way. You have to get sadder consuming time and attention to read material that may or may not be informative. A large percentage of Hacker News is the reaction (probably a majority). And if you point out that they haven’t read the article, some people treat it as a personal attack because it shows them in bad light. Then they start arguing.