What's baffling about it? If someone were to only read the title and not the article and came to the comments section, a summary about the title would be desired. What you're probably baffled about is why do people only read the title and not the article.

I’m not sure... HN is supposed to be real time discussions of articles. summarizing the article not only is not discussion (read it is regurgitation / bastardization) but any argument / discussion had based on the summary will be inaccurate as they are going off of the words of another, who more than likely integrated logical fallacies that did not exist before the comment.

FWIW this happens on reddit too as so many posts have clickbait titles, people are trained to go directly to the comments to find out the non clickbait version.

I mean, I guess that's an issue sometimes, but this comment quite nicely summarized what the article explained at length.

I think this brief summary was nice. The title to linked article was clickbaity.

The headline is grabby and precisely describes the situation she's explaining.

It saves a click for many people who are tired of clickbait.

In their defense, it is on Medium...

Good point. I am not going to read this article anymore.

:c but please!

Yeah, sometimes the comments are more cogent, clear and concise than someone paid by the word.

I often check the comments first to see if there is one as clear and concise as CJ's. Then I don't need to skim a lengthy article for the information I'm interested in - such as the answer to the question in the headline in this case.

Better that than “random personal anecdote only loosely related to the title.” Those are too common.

You mean the linked article isn't just a 750-word essay version of "Huh?!?!"

Some people rather quickly see the reason than read about the leaves blowing on one crispy fall evening as a dog howled in the distance and the city lights twinkled beneath the moon.

The clickbait title was what got me to this page, so why not? :)

If it saves me a click on medium, it's perfect.

It is clearly not an article, it is question someone posed. Here is the answer.