Booo! A guy starts a successful company off the boost he got from HN, and that’s how we should receive him?

I can see what you mean. That was really not the intent. The feedback that we received when we first launched the product mattered a lot, and this was meant as a way to acknowledge it. Sorry if it came across that way.

A history of four submissions in 10 years?

They likely don't need an hackernews ad at $15M ARR