[seydor]

I ve had a few things hit the homepage here over the years. Did not mean much beyond the good link juice. Did it work out differently for people here?

[paulgb]

When my newsletter hits the front page I usually get a handful of signups. When our product page hits the front page it's usually good for a few dozen signups (of a fairly niche product).

A lot of link aggregators / newsletters source from HN as well, so making the front page usually means a trickling of other mentions over the following ~week. Anecdotally these tend to produce less traffic, but have a higher conversion rate.