Microsoft employees surely post on HN, although perhaps none are authorized to speak on behalf of Microsoft. People can have opinions that favor or disfavor particular companies whether or not they work for those companies, so I wouldn't assume the place of employment of any participant here merely from what the participant posts.
I kinda meant the class of MSFT workers that are responsible for making the image look a bit brighter. I felt that way, because I've not seen positive content about MSFT in a while.
I know for sure there are microsoft employees posting here. But why is seeing microsoft content scary? I'm not an employee, but a huge fan of their dev environment and tools. Should I also mention that I'm actually wearing a Bing shirt? :) I swear I don't work for them, but I would if I could.
A friend of mine worked for MSFT before, and he had to go through lots of emailing, just to get a hold of the team responsible for a component he's working on (he was probably working on a subcomponent).
It feels like a circus, to be honest.
Perhaps, but maybe it depends on the sector or department. I have close friends I went to school with on the SQL Server and ASP.Net teams. They seem to enjoy it.