Hmm, this is the first "I Hit The HN Front Page" humblebrag posts that's not a humblebrag, and as a result is interesting.
Being successful is not a binary get-on-front-page or not; ranking on the front page matters. At #27 of 30, that is effectively off the front page. (for reference in how important ranking matters, when one of my submissions went from #1 to #3, the number of active users dropped by 2/3rds. Going from #3 to #20 halved the traffic again.)
