Last Wednesday over a hundred people watched as a 19-year-old Florida teen committed suicide. At around 3am the teen posted a suicide note on an internet forum and included a link to his webcam. When people tuned in they could see him laying motionless on a bed. For hours viewers watched while talking back and forth about what they should do. Eventually, after about 12 hours, somebody was able to find his contact information via his username and the authorities were called. The teen was pronounced dead at 6pm that night.
It’s not uncommon for people to commit suicide in public. …read more

There has been a lot of talk on the internet about the MySpace mom. The Today show spoke to both Lori Drew’s attorney and Megan’s mom, Tina Meier. It was very interesting to hear her lawyer speak about her innocence because from what I understand she admitted to police that she set up the MySpace account. Over at BlogHer there is a great article on the indictment as well. It’s interesting to see what other bloggers think of the charges. It sounds like we are all in agreement that it’s about time she faces charges.
Belinda Miller wrote a great post …read more