Ask HN: Do you read an article or its comments first?

Comments first: it can save you a lot of time and I find that having knowledgable and/or expert contributions can really augment the linked article's content.

One must exercise caution, however, lest the comments will prime your opinion-making circuitry and cause you to form their opinion instead of your opinion.

Comments first, unless the article is extremely appealing.

Sometimes I never read the article at all, just the comments.

Article first.

Side note: this should have been a poll.

Yes, but polls are currently disabled.

If the title is link-baity I read the comments first.