Redditors accuse a man of pretending his daughter committed suicide for karma, /r/BestOf votes it to the front page and brings on the vote brigades. Turns out the man probably wasn't lying.

I will be the first one to comment on your topic regarding this issue because I started the 'mob' essentially.

I did not start looking into OP's posting history with any malicious intent. Originally, I looked into his history because I wanted a faster way to view his responses in the thread about his daughter's apparent death. After I finished reading those comments I noticed that he had posted some rather odd things. First, I noticed that he confessed to loving his wife's sister. Second, I found out that he was posting on a throwaway (I'll get back to this). Third, he was actually the father of his brother's children (i.e. he cheated on his wife with his brother's wife). As well as a couple others things.

So, addressing the throwaway. If user Imtheirdad is indeed the grieving father of his late daughter, why would he choose to post a rather sensitive post on his alternative account? If Imtheirdad is, in fact, user Betterdayz4me (which I add has a posting history that includes information about the daughter's death) why would he not post on the original account? He says in one of his comments, linked in my original post that he uses a throwaway because his family knows the other account. Leading me to believe that if you are trying to hide something from others, using a throwaway probably isn't the best form of communication to post something like this. On top of that, I personally find it despicable to use your late daughter as a means to gain karma on Reddit. It looked at though he did not post his original story with the intent to educate people on Suicide Prevention or how Organ Donors were essential to saving others. He posted and responded as a grieving father. His demeanor throughout his post history on the thread was also questionable. Users often found him lashing out at them, telling them to "shut the fuck up", and "get out of my thread", etc. Why would you even bother responding to people that are being helpful to your cause?

All in all, I think that people jumped the gun on this guy, just like the Boston Bomber situation. I never explicitly said that he didn't have a daughter, or that said daughter didn't commit suicide. I was more concerned that his tactics for posting this content were inconsistent with a grieving father. On top of that his low sense of morals (at least in my opinion) added fuel to the fire that made me post in outrage. I hope that this is enough explaination at this point, and people stop beating a dead horse. My post does not deserve to be on /r/bestof nor does it need to be on here. People need to learn to make judgement calls for themselves.

Have a good day.

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