Almost all HN posts get ignored; the speed of change on the front page can be insane at times, and most of the time people don't have the time to browse beyond

Almost all HN posts get ignored; the speed of change on the front page can be insane at times, and most of the time people don't have the time to browse beyond the front page - especially when they find an engaging submission there, or an interesting discussion. My big discovery has been to treat HN as a place to, well, discover interesting stuff which is (often) outside of my comfort zone. The one thing HN is not, is an advertising channel; I read, and (sometimes) contribute to discussions - and only post spam links to my project when I think I can get away with it.