That said I and a few others here are downvoted for no apparent reason as well and personally I don't care to much about it except they never care to tell why. That is annoying.
It happens to everyone, so it annoys me when I see people complaining about it in every HN thread that has divided opinions on some social justice movement or whatever.
There's no "Please explain why you've chosen to up/down vote" pop up on HN, so no one really owes anyone an explanation for it either. That's just how things are.
Would that be different?
Or even better.
"A person at a tech conference caused two developers to be fired".
That way we can judge the situation within its own context, rather than letting our own affiliations or views bias us.