So if the random guy who posted it on HN wasn't the OP, it would've been a thousand times more untrustworthy, obviously?

I don't see your point, and I squinted very hard.

And since when does publishing open source software require you to present any credentials at all? I am not hiding anything, I just published using my regular accounts - some of which I have been using for more than a decade.

Where exactly did I say that "publishing open source software require[s] you to present any credentials"?

That is not the point of my original comment.

The point of my original comment was that downloading and using software from the Internet is a process that requires trust, at least if you want your project to gain traction, and that this specific project might have — at least to some people — road blocks in this regard.