Finally I got some answers for you, although they don’t address your questions directly. Earlier I didn’t want to cast suspicion on a potentially innocent person and wanted to investigate further. But now I’ve found a way to respond without spending time investigating and in a way that gives the person a chance to clear the suspicion.
In the top comment, Lizka writes that the user who did the mass voting is being banned for six months (ie. until around April 2023). I suspect that it is Neil Ferro (https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/users/neil-ferro-1) and I’ve emailed him that I posted this comment. If he replies to this comment, he is not banned and therefore most likely innocent. If he doesn’t reply to this comment, he is most likely banned for creating a bunch of accounts to downvote my post. Whatever the outcome, I have no plans to take further steps.
As to the organization behind ‘Hirely’: I want to point out again that they’ve probably improved. And it’s not like other EA orgs do hiring perfectly either (see https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/jmbP9rwXncfa32seH/after-one-year-of-applying-for-ea-jobs-it-is-really-really, https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/qJMjbHp9HKxT8XEhp/, https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/njJzBcaWJqtuFgqCh/the-job-interview-process-is-borderline-predatory). And I still won’t mention their name, but I will list a few organizations they claim they have worked/are working with. This allows you (or the rare other person who comes across this) to ask those organizations (and ideally the applicants) about their experience with any former hiring consultants and find out how they’re doing with regard to the points I’ve laid out about hiring well:
Jaan Tallinn
This whole affair has cost me way more time than anyone else, I suspect. I just wanted to have some closure. And it’s not like I ‘pressured’ someone to engage on the front page. (Although for some reason, more people appear to be looking at this than I expected.)
Thanks for not deleting my comment outright, though.