I would think that hamburger is too porous for the salting technique to work.

Never do it for burgers I cook myself, but I've seen it for a few that I got from an eatery lately. Tastes about the same as adding salt after the cooking process to me. 
 
Could that be a reflection on quality/cut of meat and cooking technique?

Hee hee... 'cokking'.

Sounds like a sodium overload to me.

I wouldn't on a burger, unless when you binding a mix you season it with considerably less salt in the first place. 

Cokking? Are you sure this is salt we're talking about? I hope you're not trying to make a big crack burger over there.

" Sounds like a sodium overload to me. "

I do salt my ground beef before hamburgering. I dont think it makes them any juicier, but it does make them saltier. 

I salt & season before I start cooking the hamburger normally, so that's a yes.
 
Honestly, the fat content makes the hamburger juicier, which is why you should go with an 80-20% ground beef mixture. But salting the burger beforehand makes it tastier, imo.

Yep.  According to Alton Brown, my favorite celebrity chef, you SHOULD always add some salt to your beef before cooking a burger.

You could do that, It wouldn't turn out very good

Shit, I do more than salt them. raw burger is nasty, and needs too many condiments to make up for it's failure. SEASON YOUR FUKKIN' HAMBURGERS! You won't regret it. 
 
Oregano, salt, pepper, chilli peppers, herbes de provence, all very very tasty additions to your hamburgers. But don't just get it on the outside, mix the meat up and get the herbs all over inside it and shit. Too good. Oh and rubbing a bit of olive oil on it is boss. 

I suppose if you were cooking thick burgers you could make a layer of salt on top, but for standard 1/4 pounder patties that would probably be to much salt.

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Yep.  According to Alton Brown, my favorite celebrity chef, you SHOULD always add some salt to your beef before cooking a burger.

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Burgers have a standard? I thought that was just for those fast-food burgers. 
 
Blah, don't buy patties, buy ground beef or bison or something awesome, make yer own patties!