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This kind of comment seems to just support not reading the articles. Is this encouraged on HN?

• mattnewton 5y ago
  I think it lets me know if the article is worth my time. I usually glance at the comment sections first because small titles often aren't enough to understand what the article is about.
  • sbierwagen 5y ago
    Supporting this, I would say I'm reading the first couple comments on a submission far more often than reading the submission itself. It's not even close, probably three or four times more.
  • HWR_14 5y ago
    Isn't that what the article's score is supposed to tell you?
    • mattnewton 5y ago
      That's another signal, yes. Lots of things are interesting or important to the HN community that I don't care about personally, and even if that weren't true I don't set aside enough time to read the whole front page every day.
• Zababa 5y ago
  It's also a way to create discussion around a specific part of the article.