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Of course it did; there was a big hullabaloo that led to some people migrating to it. That's not really a sign that they did anything right, or that they'll have similar momentum in the future.

The same thing happened to 8chan, and then it entered a gentle but consistent decline: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/8ch.net

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> Of course it did... That's not really a sign that they did anything right

Actually the fact that they shot up at all is a sign they did something right.

Now it is a question whether they can maintain that momentum, but they did get a real good start.

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