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8/6/2013 6:05:10 PM
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Girl, 14, Commits Suicide Over Ask.fm Cyber Bullying
I just saw this on the news and whoa. I honestly can't believe what I am seeing. I am literally face palming.
A 14 year old girl committed suicide over bullying on her Ask.fm page. For those of you that don't know, Ask.fm is a page where you register to have have people ask you questions. Basically attention whore central. The users that ask questions are almost always anonymous, so as you can imagine, the level of random spam questions and even borderline creepy and stalkerish is abundant. You don't even need an account to post. So as you can imagine, the amount of reports must be through the roof, and honestly, I don't see the moderators doing anything about it because that's just how the page is ad has always been. It's like having a mental breakdown after going to much on chatroulette and seeing too many dicks. Why do you keep going there then? I understand she's 14, but c'mon.
So, what I can't believe is that if this girl has insecurities, AND was getting bullied on this page, why wouldn't she just close it down or delete it? Why don't tell her parents who would have done something about it? Why just start posting those damn pictures of written things searching for attention? I feel bad for the family and all for their loss, but seriously, call me cold or whatever, but I have no sympathy for the girl herself. It's just a huge facepalm. It's like standing in the middle of a bulls eye, knowing what's coming, but too lazy to do anything about it. She literally got trolled to death.
If it were on facebook or Twitter or whatever, okay, some room for understanding. But suicide over Ask.fm? Seriously? I just... complete face palm. I not too sure how it'll work, but I highly doubt the Police will get very far in their investigation. All this does is going to give more people more reasons to moderate the internet and take anything you say as a potential serious threat and get in trouble for it here in England.
What are your thoughts on this?
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1 ReplyEdited by Miiji: 8/8/2013 1:21:34 PMWhat drives someone to suicide isn't simple... You feel like all the paths have been closed and in your head - you are alone, you don't have any other options and you see suicide as the only answer to your problems. Perhaps she had more issues, some that she didn't feel to confess with anyone due to them being personal and thanks to the anonymity the internet brings she felt comfortable to an extent. This isn't suicide over last.fm, this is suicide due to societal and personal reasons that need to be investigated - but shouldn't, the family and only select people should snoop around this matter, since it is really personal. At the end of the day, she's merely a statistic, the trolls who caused that, probably are careless and are roaming the wastelands of the internet seeking more people to affect with their sociopath nature. Sleep well, whoever you were, because my heart is broken due to these events; The internet is supposed to be a place of knowledge, access to limitless communication, entertrainement and information... Not a path to your end, in a cold webpage where heartless people who do not realize what they are doing might have repecursions in the real world, who do not realize their doing because they are taken by their own misery and are more than happy to shed it onto others. RIP Hannah, I am honestly tearing right now, how cruel eventuality and the finality of life is.
