[Paracompact]

I don't understand why you would be downvoted. Is your comment raising a pitchfork? Yes. But sometimes when a person's life gets ruined, pitchforks deserve to come out.

> Richardson’s attorney showed time sheets proving he was at work 400 miles away from Florida when the stolen car was sold. Richardson said he has never been to Florida, and his attorney tried to present this evidence for months.

> Richardson alleged racial profiling played a role in his misidentification. “I want to say racial profiling. The guy said it was a guy with dreads and a big nose, and then they picked me out of a lineup of guys that look nothing like me,” Richardson said.

> While he was incarcerated [for two months], Richardson lost his job and his home. He also said he lost custody of two of his children.

Everyone: It's okay to get angry at injustice. Indeed it is the more noble reaction than to shrug and say, "Now let's be reasonable, I'm sure the institution that caused this will redress this."

[AndrewKemendo]

People have made accounts just to downvote me. So I must be doing something right.

[Paracompact]

> People have made accounts just to downvote me.

How can you tell?

[AndrewKemendo]

A greentext username with 10 minute old account, zero karma and 1 comment that comment being something negative in response usually

There was an example months ago but I don’t keep track of the specifics

[aspenmayer]

Accounts with zero karma don’t have the ability to downvote comments.

https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#downvo...

> After users reach 501 Karma, they gain the ability to downvote another comment.

[AndrewKemendo]

Ah good point, well they sign up to say nasty stuff at least