[quantisan]

Yes this is a data point to consider. But do realise that it is, in fact, a single data point. Try not to draw too much from it.

Secondly, there are so many variables involved to convert a HN post down to user conversion. It could be your HN title, time of day, landing page, etc. Some factors are within your control, some are not. So who knows what happened from that one post.

I hope this is useful.

[stijn]

thanks; yes, that's useful. I probably also got my hopes up pretty high (reading too much success stories of "our servers were screaming after a Show HN")