[senko]

It lasts for a couple of hours (or a day if it's really popular).

What's much better than the (relatively short) visitors spike, is the discussion. If it's an article, the comments are often quite insigthful. If it's a Show HN post, the feedback is very constructive and can be quite helpful.

[apoorvsaxena]

Do you see first time users being converted to dedicated users or are they mostly interested in just watching the new product trending?