A: You can't. This is to prevent people from submitting a link with their comments in a privileged position at the top of the page. If you want to submit a link with comments, just submit it, then add a regular comment.
The difference with Show HNs is that when it's the project creator sharing their own work, it's ok for their link and text to be in a privileged position. Hopefully people won't start abusing that, but if they do, we can roll back the change.
Yes, as of a few days ago.
Does this apply to all types of post, or just Show HN?
Currently just Show HN. We don't do it for other kinds of posts for reasons explained in the FAQ (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html):
Q: How do I make a link in a text submission?
A: You can't. This is to prevent people from submitting a link with their comments in a privileged position at the top of the page. If you want to submit a link with comments, just submit it, then add a regular comment.
The difference with Show HNs is that when it's the project creator sharing their own work, it's ok for their link and text to be in a privileged position. Hopefully people won't start abusing that, but if they do, we can roll back the change.
I love the attention to detail regarding a culture of fair discussion.
Thank you!
I think it's always been possible for "Show HN" (and not for "Ask HN").
I just tried filling both fields, but text ended up as a comment (and I can't delete a post):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30040573