Today I reflect on the power of sites like Hacker News and Reddit to drive a large amount of attention to an article or other piece of content. I discovered today that a post I wrote last week:

http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140219_anyone_who_still_thinks_ipv6_wont_happen_isnt_watching_measurems/

wound up on both HN and Reddit and subsequently has jumped to receive a high number of views:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7291236

http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1yssvn/anyone_who_still_thinks_ipv6_wont_happen_clearly/