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Re:Washington Post integrates Talk – Mozilla’s open-source c... by KGIII on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @05:46PM (#15233146)
Similar, I skim the article and read the comments. In some cases, I just read the comments. Though, I don't do this on any direct media sites, like online newspapers.

At Slashdot, chances are that I haven't read the article. I go straight to the comments and read those.

Curiously, I can't do that as often here on HN. Here, the quality of article is often higher and the comments are usually more on-topic and, often, more specialized. I do end up reading many more threads than I comment in.

But, yes... I learn a lot more from the comments (frequently) than I ever do from the article. HN is particularly good at this, and it's one of the reasons I visit.

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Re:Washington Post integrates Talk – Mozilla’s open-source c... by dionidium on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @06:05PM (#15233326)
We're not saying different things. As I said: I love the comments here (usually). I also learn a lot from them.

I think "forums" like reddit and HN are fundamentally different from inline comments on news websites.

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Re:Washington Post integrates Talk – Mozilla’s open-source c... by KGIII on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @06:15PM (#15233418)
Yes, I was agreeing with you and sharing my experience. That's why I said similar. Here, I am more inclined to read the article. HN people are just too smart for me to always be able to grasp it from comment context.
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