I think it's pretty natural to reply to posts on a topic you have originated for a pitch. Maybe the site could take that into account?
Update: I see this is actually not on the one I started but on a parallel thread, so that kind of automatic moderation adjustment would not have worked.
My topic: [Starter Pitch] Introducing a `cycled` method to `Sequence`
This topic: Pitch: Sequence enhancements: chaining, repeating, batching - #56 by Erica_Sadun
I apologize. I misunderstood which thread the automatic moderation was taking place on.