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Andrew, Jr. · 03-31-2010, 03:43 PM

Did anyone watch The Today Show when Matt Lauer talked about the latest trend on the internet? I almost fell out of my chair, and Dino would have taken a nasty fall to the floor as well. Long story short, it is when people go online to social network sites like facebook, twitter, and so on and post horrible things about someone's child who had died. They used the example of the Mass girl who committed suicide, and went to her memorial page and showed the horrible messages left for her parents/family/friends to read. Some even included a rope that was in the shape of a neuse.

The next example was a young woman who commited suicide by driving her father's porche into a toll booth. Pictures of her mangled body ended up all over the web. When her mother went to her daughter's facebook page, she saw what her child looked like for the first time. She was told by the funeral director that she should just remember her daughter as she was. It was a closed casket funeral.

Then Matt Lauer interviewed some executive from an organization setup to try to stop this behavior, because it is not illegal as of yet. She was with wiredsafety.org. She said that these people are "trolls" and come from all over the world. They seek out to intentionally hurt others. That is their one goal. How horrible and sad. But more importantly, they are not who they say they are, and some are using other people's computers. The laws just are not there yet to protect anyone from this.

Julieisafemme, you are not alone. I had the same experience as you.

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Andrew, Jr. Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Me Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Over the Rainbow in a House Posts: 5,072 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,004 Thanked 5,249 Times in 2,216 Posts Rep Power: 0	How nasty some people can be Did anyone watch The Today Show when Matt Lauer talked about the latest trend on the internet? I almost fell out of my chair, and Dino would have taken a nasty fall to the floor as well. Long story short, it is when people go online to social network sites like facebook, twitter, and so on and post horrible things about someone's child who had died. They used the example of the Mass girl who committed suicide, and went to her memorial page and showed the horrible messages left for her parents/family/friends to read. Some even included a rope that was in the shape of a neuse. The next example was a young woman who commited suicide by driving her father's porche into a toll booth. Pictures of her mangled body ended up all over the web. When her mother went to her daughter's facebook page, she saw what her child looked like for the first time. She was told by the funeral director that she should just remember her daughter as she was. It was a closed casket funeral. Then Matt Lauer interviewed some executive from an organization setup to try to stop this behavior, because it is not illegal as of yet. She was with wiredsafety.org. She said that these people are "trolls" and come from all over the world. They seek out to intentionally hurt others. That is their one goal. How horrible and sad. But more importantly, they are not who they say they are, and some are using other people's computers. The laws just are not there yet to protect anyone from this. Julieisafemme, you are not alone. I had the same experience as you.