In all seriousness, I think people not reading the full article is a recurring theme on hn. For controversial topics, it's a major problem: people don't establ

In all seriousness, I think people not reading the full article is a recurring theme on hn. For controversial topics, it's a major problem: people don't establish what's actually being debated, instead attacking/defended what they think I'd being debated, so the conversation develops slowly as a result. However, I also think it's a strength of hn, because hn has a strong culture of going off topic: allowing for people with related experience to share and to suggest new avenues to explore. Often, instead of bookmarking the referenced article, I bookmark the hn thread instead for this reason.