This was suggested in an earlier section, but again, Hacker News such a good source of users, we'd like to mention it again.
The reason why you want to get to the front page of Hacker News is because when you first submit a story, it will be on te "new" page, where there isn't as much traffic. So, you need people to vote on your story so that more people will see your story. Getting on the front page of Hacker News is sort of like an automatic recognition and traffic.
