> Someone saying that the company is awesome they have worked there or know the founders, ...
> it's never really bringing anything valuable to the job post.
But both of those things that you listed are valuable! The mocking is a bummer though.
> Mention of someone, to make him/her aware that job may interest him/her
it rarely end up in having this person mentioned applying for the job. I can't recall the last time it happened.
> Someone saying that the company is awesome they have worked there or know the founders, ...
To be honest, I don't really care what you think of the company or the founders. I want to know why.
We tend to stop the mocking, it happen a lot less nowadays.