You are making good points but now I'm wondering if we should just drop the idea.

Every applicant is going to classify themselves as "qualified"; and every applicant that a company doesn't respond to, they will classify as "unqualified"; so if we modify the rule in this way, we may as well have no rule at all.

(Edit: I just noticed johnnyanmac already made this point in an earlier reply)

Since we're on HN, I think using LLMS instead of humans to talk is a bigger issue than whether an applicant is mass applying outside the site with LLMS. We should address that first and that will fix the issue anyway.

>At the very least it should be: "Please only post a job in this thread if you are committed to responding to all qualified applicants."

Too easy a loophole. I think we should just stick to the spirit of the rule and see if they make an honest gesture not make it literally 100% of applicants (ofc of they want a principal and a student in school applies they shouldn't expect a response).