We appreciate both the cleverness here and your detailed explanation. But could you please not do this anymore? It isn't malicious, but it's unhealthy for HN's ecosystem. For example, when an author submits his or her own work, that can add a lot of value to the community—but your bot pre-empts that, as it indeed did in this case.
There are many more reasons why this isn't a good thing for HN. For example, it's better for submissions from popular sites to be distributed across a wide range of accounts. That gives more users a chance to feel like they're making important contributions, and gives the community (and authors) a clearer sense of the audience.
There are lots of ways to write software to interact with HN, and lots of users with the ability to do it, so we really depend on the good will of the community only to do that when it serves the whole.
There are many more reasons why this isn't a good thing for HN. For example, it's better for submissions from popular sites to be distributed across a wide range of accounts. That gives more users a chance to feel like they're making important contributions, and gives the community (and authors) a clearer sense of the audience.
There are lots of ways to write software to interact with HN, and lots of users with the ability to do it, so we really depend on the good will of the community only to do that when it serves the whole.