Eh, it's a cheap form of social signaling which is performing it's function perfectly. Like how baby names move from high class to low class through diffusion,

Eh, it's a cheap form of social signaling which is performing it's function perfectly. Like how baby names move from high class to low class through diffusion, someone advertising for a rockstar 3 - 5 years ago was a good signal that you should consider applying and someone advertising for it now is a good sign that you shouldn't.