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Out of curiosity, do you view score and # of comments as equally important? Do they determine what you click on?
Comment by Coolboypai at 20/05/2015 at 04:11 UTC
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It depends on what I'm searching for really. If i'm looking for a new deck to play in hearthstone or an answer to a question for example, I'll look at comments as more comments generally mean more discussion and possible follow up regarding the topic. But for a bigger topic, like if I am looking for information about some recent world event, score is important too as it usually indicates a more relevant and important article.
Comment by pbjork at 20/05/2015 at 04:13 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yes. A lot of time I'm not interested in a thread's comments if it doesn't have sizable traffic. If I'm searching for something, It probably isn't growing so there is little point to reading the discussion.
Comment by Flaminius at 26/05/2015 at 21:05 UTC
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As an outsider mainly using reddit to keep tabs on a specific subreddit, my experience has been that due to how easily posts get vote brigaded in either direction, it's the number of comments that counts.
So it tends to be that, on average, more comments = more worthwhile content.
And I tend to check buried comments, since sometimes worthwhile thoughts and input that opposes the opinion of the majority gets downvoted.