I read HN in Google Reader in a tabbed browser, and I think I would prefer a feed that reversed the order of the two links. So that the first link goes to the HN comments, and the second link goes to the article itself.
That would allow me to use Google Reader's List view which does not display the expanded, secondary link, and then go down that list of HN articles, open the intriguing HN comments in a background tab, and then when I get to the tab, click on the link in the comments that takes me to the article itself.
At some point I stopped clicking on the links in HN altogether. Instead, I go straight to the comments with an 'open link in new tab' command. If the article is worth reading, I go deeper from there. But the filter comes first.
same goes with their twitter feed. I like seeing the article but I come to HN for the comments as well (come for the articles - stay for the comments ;) )
better yet - I would be cool if they implemented a "reddit bar" for their twitter feed links so this way you can they have HN Bar which goes on top of the article
That would allow me to use Google Reader's List view which does not display the expanded, secondary link, and then go down that list of HN articles, open the intriguing HN comments in a background tab, and then when I get to the tab, click on the link in the comments that takes me to the article itself.