I'm a long time reader, but only recently started posting, so the finer details like flagging and downvoting are beyond me right now :)

Edit: apologies, I just read on the guidelines that:

"If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.)"

I just upvoted to help you on your way :)

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=emily_hines