I'm not looking for a job right now, nor am I soliciting for applicants. How many people here are? If that number is lower than the number of people interested in Bitcoin, then I don't see the problem with the hiring thread falling off the front page quickly.

HN is growing. As much as it might be nice if it strictly followed the interests of the original visitors/contributors, it's not a reasonable expectation.

Meanwhile, I downvoted all posts in this meta-discussion (if you don't like a posting, just flag it and move on -- like the site guidelines tell you to do)... and yet here I am, participating. Sigh.

(For the record, my interest in Bitcoin-related articles has waned, but I could see how it'd still be notable to others.)