From my own experience with posts to Hacker News from my own blog I can tell you 200 visits is about what you'll get from time a post lasts on the front of the

From my own experience with posts to Hacker News from my own blog I can tell you 200 visits is about what you'll get from time a post lasts on the front of the "new" page. Then, if no one is interested in the story, it drops off that page and so do the visits. I don't understand the basis here for any accusation.