Comment on Article, Comments. What do you read first?Comments−bayareaguy18yIf the source is on my mental blacklist, I'll ignore the article and only skim the comments.Otherwise if the article has many comments, I'll read it first. If the article has few comments I read the comments first.I find this helps me skip garbage and duplicates. It also helps when someone posts a better link to the article (e.g. text instead of video or mp3).If nothing recent or popular seems interesting, I'll look for recent comments or submissions by people listed on /leaders
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If the source is on my mental blacklist, I'll ignore the article and only skim the comments.
Otherwise if the article has many comments, I'll read it first. If the article has few comments I read the comments first.
I find this helps me skip garbage and duplicates. It also helps when someone posts a better link to the article (e.g. text instead of video or mp3).
If nothing recent or popular seems interesting, I'll look for recent comments or submissions by people listed on /leaders