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Re:Show HN: RTFA, a Chrome extension to hide HN comments unt... by madsushi on Monday February 17, 2014 @12:18PM (#7253055)
I agree. The order I use: read the comments, read the article, and THEN post a comment if I have something to add.
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Re:Show HN: RTFA, a Chrome extension to hide HN comments unt... by prototrout on Monday February 17, 2014 @12:30PM (#7253131)
Perhaps it should just prevent you from writing a comment before reading the article.
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Re:Show HN: RTFA, a Chrome extension to hide HN comments unt... by geekam on Monday February 17, 2014 @12:50PM (#7253274)
I like to read the article first, get a feel a of what it's about and then read comments to see further analysis. Reading article first let's me think about it before I get influenced (negative or positive) by reading the comments.

I agree, commenting without reading the article and only reading the comments is a sure-shot way of making a mistake.

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