No, it's the initial submission, not a comment. This also confuses the hell out of me, I always "read" them as "heavily downvoted comment" only to realize "hey

No, it's the initial submission, not a comment. This also confuses the hell out of me, I always "read" them as "heavily downvoted comment" only to realize "hey, no, that's a question! Why does HN style it like that?". Every time.