What percentage do you estimate of HN users would never hear about this if it never was submitted here? What probability do you estimate that anything (clarifi

What percentage do you estimate of HN users would never hear about this if it never was submitted here? What probability do you estimate that anything (clarification: anything significantly benefiting "our interests") is going to happen conditional on every HN user having heard about this? On a scale of 1 to 10, "hardly" to "very", how surprised were you to hear about this? Edit: And one more, since the downvote police haven't gotten this one yet, what probability do you estimate that by HN ignoring the political world for two months any of your nightmares will come true?