I just went and took a look, and actually I would say it now has about the average number of hits for a story of its age. But probably most of those come from the collection it's in. I really wonder what will happen the next time I post an FF story that's not for a project/challenge.

I agree that AO3 is an archive and not a community for me as well. I wish more AO3 users would post links to their journals (if they have them) in their profiles. You know, now that I mention it, I'm not sure I've done that myself.