Ask HN: How do I make a link clickable on HN?

For comments you have to just type the url, no text or tags.

http://google.com/

For submissions you can submit a url or text but not both, and URLs in the text don't get parsed.

What you could do is submit a post describing the website and why HN readers should be interested in it. Then immediately post a comment with a clickable link to the URL.

To make a link clickable in a comment, you need to prefix it with "http://.

Urls don't become links in the text of the submission. They do become links in comments.

btw how much karma is required to submit a startup for review?