I think that takeaways do always reduce the quality of conversation.  If someone is unwilling to be engaged enough to even glance at the linked article, they probably can&#x27;t provide meaningful or relevant commentary on it, having read only the synopsis. The amount of effort it takes to RTFA is practically nil.<p>I&#x27;ve seen entire threads spawn from a clear misinterpretation of the title alone. Encouraging people to put as little effort as possible into understanding a topic can&#x27;t possibly improve the quality of the discussion around it.<p>And that doesn&#x27;t even consider the likelihood that whomever is creating the summary is consciously or subconsciously applying a bias to controversial articles.<p>Unfortunately, it does seem like a bit of a zero sum game. Providing a summary of the article will prevent people from reading the article, and people would rather engage entirely with the comments than the article itself.