Unbelievable. Some dude makes an hn account after lurking who knows how long, makes his very first innocuous comment a day later, and is immediately attacked as a newb or a shill? Give people at least a little benefit of the doubt.

"Prior to possession of a hacker news account, a man existeth not" Ancient Chinese proverb

None of those things were said, you're reading a lot into a 1 day old account commenting on a 5 day old story.