[jghn]

The opposite, I hired someone through HN. Although i didn't realize for a while.

I talked my company into posting a HN post. All messages that recruiting didn't filter went to me. There was an obvious difference between those responses and other posts. Not necessarily better, just different.

One woman I hired reminded me a while later that she had originally "applied" via the who's hiring thread. I missed it at first but it made sense.