HackerNews is built around click-throughs. Techcrunch tells stories and wants to keep the reader. Needless to say it will always drive less traffic. The ques

HackerNews is built around click-throughs. Techcrunch tells stories and wants to keep the reader. Needless to say it will always drive less traffic. The question is rather how many people see the post and how much image transfer you can achieve. You want to be on TC for credibility and awareness. Best example is TC Europe. Less CTR than any good tumblr blog. But people read it and approach you positivly because of it. BTW in my experience the best partner to drive quality audience are small to middle sized niche blogs.