From the HN site guidelines - the last sentence is important: If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "fla

From the HN site guidelines - the last sentence is important: 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.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did.