Nope, you're not the only one. I've slipped into the same pattern during the last few months, and if anything, I wonder why it didn't happen earlier. :) Edit:

Nope, you're not the only one. I've slipped into the same pattern during the last few months, and if anything, I wonder why it didn't happen earlier. :) Edit: Another good reason to do this, is that I tend to browse HN and open all the interesting stuff in background tabs, then go through those later. Opening the comments instead of the link, I save memory. Also, if I later read the actual article and then want to comment, I can just use the back button in the browser.