Yeah seems like something we should track along with hiring. Great thing to know about if you're on the market.

I agree. Get the other side of the coin as well if you don't have option to talk with some of the people "over beverages".

What about the number of throwaway accounts that might necessitate? It would be better to have a more anonymous means to announce that your employer is firing.

Well, hopefully the site is written well enough to scale the users database if necessary.

Besides, this would only be X00 per month at best (it's rare that any post, get much more than a few hundred comments) and quite likely tens on average. There are certainly more than 100 new HN accounts per month. I second the motion ;).