I didn't like the position of the comments. For me, I like to read the article, then jump into the comments. With it being all the way on the other side of the screen, I could easily see myself getting lost and clicking the wrong comment button.
To add to what you've said, 9 times out of 10 I'll actually click to scan the comments first, not the article. Comments often provide some summary that indicate whether an article is worth reading or not.
Yup. When I discovered HN about 3 years ago, I read most of the posts and maybe some comments.
Now, it's opposite. I read a lot of comments and usually don't read the links themselves. From my experience, the value of the links decreases after some time as things inevitably start repeating. Not the same links, but the same ideas, concepts (not always, of course).
I view HN as a forum, where the title of the link is the topic for a thread.
Hi mzarate - In the first draft, the comments were inside the "Y-Meter" - I do too check out the comments first to see the buzz around the article. Later it was overload with information right at the beginning.
Thanks :)
Otherwise, I enjoyed the look.