Don't worry about it. Just as you're quietly making placements while a small minority of top developers brag about the uselessness of recruiters, plenty of developers on here and elsewhere are quietly working with recruiters to find positions. Just a few weeks ago I recommended an acquaintance to a recruiter and now that acquaintance is a CTO in a nearly ideal situation for both him and his new employer, and I thought the recruiter easily translated the employer needs to my acquaintance's skill set despite not being a standout in any way. Sure, if my friend was Zed Shaw, this recruiter wouldn't have been able to handle him, but there are recruiters who can. It's no different than the need for multiple skill/experience tiers of people who do the same job on paper in any profession.

I think that along will come a recruiter on HN that shows that recruiting is good business in the way patio11 changed the way a lot of people here think about sales, which is another thing developers OBVIOUSLY never have to stoop down to touch, until they do.