I agree about the comments here often being the most interesting part.
But I think that the best way to start the conversation is usually with a well-written article.
If there would only be a title and no article, I'm pretty sure that I would find the comments to be less interesting.
But maybe I'm wrong, and since my argument is based on the original article being well-written, maybe it isn't true for most posts.
But I still think that I would rather try to find the posts with good articles, and just ignore the rest, and hopefully, that is what the ranking system does (at least help with).
But I think that the best way to start the conversation is usually with a well-written article.
If there would only be a title and no article, I'm pretty sure that I would find the comments to be less interesting.
But maybe I'm wrong, and since my argument is based on the original article being well-written, maybe it isn't true for most posts.
But I still think that I would rather try to find the posts with good articles, and just ignore the rest, and hopefully, that is what the ranking system does (at least help with).