Not Mechanical Turk, specifically, but I've used other forum posting services in the past, and the quality was quite low. If your site is targeted at anyone but the most general audiences, I doubt it would be very useful.
For example, I think Reddit could have benefitted somewhat initially from random, paid people posting content, but I doubt a site like HN could.
For example, I think Reddit could have benefitted somewhat initially from random, paid people posting content, but I doubt a site like HN could.