Not sure what most people do. I sometimes hit the new and the ask pages to see if there is some good content that I can upvote or comment on. I recently began

Not sure what most people do. I sometimes hit the new and the ask pages to see if there is some good content that I can upvote or comment on. I recently began writing and have posted a few links to articles. I just recently found that an article that never made it to the front page of HN, accumulated only 3 points and no comments generated about 20 views of the article originating from HN. Twenty page views from readers of HN is not "great" but it is 20 people with exposure to my thinking that I didn't have 3 days ago. I view this as a net positive.