[talmand]

So, I see a submission I think is interesting and direct link it from my Twitter account; the submission is penalized on every upvote it receives through my link?

That just seems like a silly thing to do. Especially since there's an obvious way around it.

[wodenokoto]

Wouldn't you in that case link directly to the article and not the comments section?

[talmand]

Not if I wanted to get people to engage in the discussion about the submission. Most of the time I'm just as or more interested in the discussion than the article. It's why I participate instead of using HN as a news feed.