A fun game to play with a co-worker is "what articles would you click on the homepage?" I just did that yesterday. My co-worker knew every link I'd opened (without looking at my screen) and I couldn't figure out most of his.
Ask HN: Hacker News users reading habits
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#4295% of the time I only read comments. People usually insert quotes from the article and discuss them right away. And it is much more valuable to read comments because there are a lot of smart people commenting who work in related fields.
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#43I use The Old Reader as a news aggregator and my own emacs mode to read it via API. In fact I read HN in emacs :) At least when I'm home.
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#44Usually would read topics that are of interest to me (i.e. technology, software development, frameworks, etc.).
For the others, I would usually skim through the article and also read the comments.
I am finding that there's a lot of value reading the comments, as some folks have that deep seated knowledge, as well as providing relevant links that will help you further grasp what's on the article.
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#45Skim through via my RSS reader, and read around 10-20 articles a day.
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#46I tend to read a couple of scholarly-type articles a week and a bunch of blog/tech sites as interesting things come up. That said, I've been reading a lot of literary fiction lately as I've been spending time in that circle because my wife just launched her first novel (and it's really quite brilliant, actually).
https://www.amazon.com/Mikhail-Margarita-Novel-Julie-Himes/d...
Grab a copy at your local indie bookstore!
Re: Ask HN: Hacker News users reading habits
#47Usually if I find an article that I'd like to read, I skim it and then decide if I want to actually sit down and read it word for word, and if so I save it for the weekend. Usually skim through a couple articles daily, and they go all over ranging from tech to non related tech stuff.
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#48I always open the article and comments in separate tabs. I then skim the article if it's very short, if it's long-form I read the comments first. If the comments indicate it's worth reading I save it in my favorites for later.
I still have a list of ~40 articles to clear out...
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#4920-50. :-( related to work, related to Tech, personal interests, news (politics, world, finance)
Re: Ask HN: Hacker News users reading habits
#50I read most things and it makes me happy but when I read a bunch of whiny white men on Hacker News I feel sad. ;(
You might be happier if you weren't racist.