Thoughts on comments

A bit ago it came to light that an author can request no comments be allowed on their story.
My general policy is if there are no comments, it means the story will not be read.
And if the lead in synopsis feels a bit sketchy or very vague, the story will be ignored.
An exception to that might happen if I am acquainted with the author's style from previous stories.
In years past, I have started reading a story only to find it wasn't something I wished to read for one reason or another.
Some of those had no comments posted when I started to read or a short synopsis that was quite vague.
Some might say, look at the key words. OK but even those can be misleading depending on how they are chosen.
Just my thoughts, for what they might be worth.