I see this was your first HN contribution and you didn't post any links, so maybe that's what they were thinking?

Links? To what? "First contribution"? I'm not new around here.

(If anyone is wondering what he's referring to--I said that I was mystified why my post would be immediately downvoted.)

Let's try again, much shorter this time:

I am releasing a distro soon that is right up your alley. SEE MY PROFILE for info.