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I often read the comments before the article, and sometimes don't bother reading the article at all. Same here. To me this is essential. The comments tell me q
by davidmathers 18y ago
I often read the comments before the article, and sometimes don't bother reading the article at all.
Same here. To me this is essential. The comments tell me quickly if the article is going to be a waste of time.
- dhimes 18y agoThis thread is a great case-in-point for me. I read comments to here (this is the top thread at this moment), and now am moving on. I won't bother to read the OP at all.
- mechanical_fish 18y agoOh, I wouldn't make that mistake. The OP is lots of fun, even if you aren't someone who would use it as their primary HN interface.
- Dilpil 18y agoI find that actually looking at the article provides a far better indicator of quality, but to each his own.
- Hexstream 18y agoIn general, determining the quality of an article with any accuracy by looking at it is well more time-intensive than just looking at the comments.
- swombat 18y agoYep. Especially when the content is the longer kind.
- lsb 18y agoBut what's most important is not % error rate, but % error rate / s.
- kingkawn 18y agowhat if the comments are a waste of time too?
- Zev 18y agoThats very rarely the case on HN, either because of the HN culture as it is now, or the mods removing very subpar content.