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I mean I made the comment because the field is there when submitting the post, I didn't realize it was going to end up as an independent comment. Maybe the HN devs need to make it clearer what will happen if you fill out that field when a link is provided.

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Wait, what?

I keep seeing these posts on the "New" page, with only one comment, by the submitter, with some summary comment that doesn't add much, and I always assumed that it was a sketchy way to try to attract attention to the post. So I downvoted such comments when I saw them, because such games should be discouraged.

Now I feel like a real jerk. I've been downvoting innocent people who were led astray by the forum software.

I don't remember any specific names, but I owe a number of you an apology...

Oh definitely. I didn't even realize you were the person that submitted it.

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