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Re:Ask HN: Is promoting myself as a freelancer on my project... by hndjmrh on Thursday August 09, 2012 @06:20PM (#4363601)
Considering that your Hire me banner covers one of the Sign up links then yes, this will have an adverse affect on signups.

I would suggest putting it as a small text link in your footer instead, maybe "Want to hire me? Email..." under the copyright note.

Re:Ask HN: Is promoting myself as a freelancer on my project... by MattBearman on Thursday August 09, 2012 @06:26PM (#4363636)
Ah crap, I only just hacked it together, and didn't consider smaller screen sizes. I really should have learned the dangers of late night hacking by now - fail. Cheers for the heads up, I've put a quick fix in for now, I'll re-evaluate it properly tomorrow.
Re:Ask HN: Is promoting myself as a freelancer on my project... by sprobertson on Thursday August 09, 2012 @09:30PM (#4364345)
Yes, plus that's where someone would look if they were interested (and that strong positive indicator will help you down the line). I didn't see the diagonal banner right away, and I was looking for it.