Sorry if its just me but I always thought that if you've spent some time around HN, you can tell between talent acquisitions that occur out of need(other option being going dead) and talent acquisitions that occur from a position of power(ie. friendfeed). In the former case, congratulations are still in order for the founders not coming out completely empty handed, but I would not term it as "huge successes".

Congratulations != huge success(in the big picture sense)