Ask HN: How effective is monthly "Seeking Work" post?

I value the monthly "Who is Hiring" and "Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer?" posts, because I am hoping to build a second career as a programmer in the next few years.

I am wondering how effective the "Seeking Work" posts are. For example, this month's post has 79 people "Seeking Work", and only 10 "Seeking Freelancer" posts. This makes it seem as if there are 8 times as many people looking for freelance work as there are jobs being posted, but I recognize that many people may contact these freelancers without it being visible on HN.

Can anyone comment on how effective these "Seeking Work" posts are?