More eyes on HN = more chance for quick up-votes = greater likelihood of hitting front page. Part of the reason I set up http://hn4d.com http://hn4d.com was to

More eyes on HN = more chance for quick up-votes = greater likelihood of hitting front page. Part of the reason I set up http://hn4d.com http://hn4d.com was to get a sense of how much activity was going on at a given time. Can't say I have done any sort of rigorous testing though. Link title and content also matter - as well as a link's relationship to other posts that have captured the hn community's attention..