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Anyone else do this? Often, yes. Somewhat depends on how interested I am in the actual article. As strange as it may seem, I might spent 5 minutes reading co
by brk 18y ago
Anyone else do this?
Often, yes. Somewhat depends on how interested I am in the actual article. As strange as it may seem, I might spent 5 minutes reading comments to see if it's worth spending 2 minutes to read the article :)
Additionally, there is generally not a whole lot of truly "breaking" news out there. Instead, it's a lot of rehashing of basic stories, concepts, etc. I consume news from a number of sources, so often times the submission headline + comments gives me enough information to supplement what I already have.
Pre-reading comments can offer valuable perspective that is good to have read BEFORE reading the actual article also.
- iamdave 18y agoThat's the same take on it that I've got. A perfect example of this was the submission on the front page "Dude where's my job?" where someone linked to a comment that proved to be more insightful than the actual article itself. Often, the discussion of submissions can be more enjoyable than what I've just read, and in some cases, more accurate, and have more depth of information.