I have to say I strongly disagree—I thought your contributions were excellent, and HN lucky to have you contributing on a topic that you know a ton about. If I contributed to your feeling otherwise then I wish I hadn't posted!

One thing I can offer from years here is: never underestimate the silent readership (I'd say silent majority but...associations). The vast majority of readers don't comment and most don't vote either. It doesn't mean they aren't following and getting a lot out of what you wrote. Usually it's only the most-provoked segment of the long tail that is motivated to respond. That's fine, it's the cycle of life on the internet—but it doesn't represent the whole community.

Please comment more.