What dang is saying is that you shouldn't post a summarizing comment with your submission.
Yes, HN has the option of submitting a comment with and when you create a post, but that the use of that should be to provide your own commentary or context, not merely to re-hash the post itself.
And yes, the additional text you provide with a text link does appear as a comment, that's intentional, see e.g.,:
Yes, HN has the option of submitting a comment with and when you create a post, but that the use of that should be to provide your own commentary or context, not merely to re-hash the post itself.
And yes, the additional text you provide with a text link does appear as a comment, that's intentional, see e.g.,:
<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29543426>
<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7897019>
<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18652492>
(Not HN staff or a mod, just a long-term member.)