Heh, well I guess the answer is yes. Which amuses me, since as one of the aforementioned friends I did upvote your other articles, so seemingly no effect, but h

Heh, well I guess the answer is yes. Which amuses me, since as one of the aforementioned friends I did upvote your other articles, so seemingly no effect, but had no idea about this one and just found it on the front page! I've had organic stuff on the front page maybe 2 years ago. What time frame are you asking about that you've noticed this change? I'd be very curious to see HN user growth numbers. I imagine it's just gotten a lot more competitive lately.