Assess it for what it's worth. If it's postable, do it. If not, tell them why. That's the polite thing, but you'd be giving free advice, and this approach would

Assess it for what it's worth. If it's postable, do it. If not, tell them why. That's the polite thing, but you'd be giving free advice, and this approach would hinder your time if it happened a lot. The company has obviously seen you post a lot to HN. Do they think you're a sucker? -edit: and if you do, what do you get out of it? You could ask for a favour in return, or tell them to post it themselves and you might just upvote it.