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Is mocking and blaming senior citizens for everything OK on Hacker News? Given the age discrimination in Silicon Valley, it's sad that Y Combinator, which actively moderates these forums, seems OK with not removing inflammatory posts about those people born between 1948 and 1965.

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You posted this two minutes after that comment appeared. Are you expecting us to show up instantly? If so, no wonder you're disappointed—not only are we not omnipresent, we never even see most of what gets posted here.

HN moderation is erratic, ad hoc, and piecemeal.

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> not only are we not omnipresent, we never even see most of what gets posted here

Do you need assistance? Are you looking for moderators? I come on HN everyday. I wouldn't mind offering an hour to assist with moderation.

You can already assist by flagging comments.

Someone has to deal with the flagged comment, though?

With enough flags, the comment gets automatically killed (hidden). Though I assume the mods still review if the flagging is appropriate.

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