Wow! I totally missed that the person I was replying to was the one who had submitted the link. What you describe is surely what happened.
replyI feel bad now :(
There must be a reason HN does not colorize the OP username or something. But there totally could be some indicator of “post submission text” without too much in the way of negative consequences… (the fact this has never been added tells me I’m being naïve)
replyFeedback emailed to HN!