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I don't want to knock down the issues of cyber bullying, but I don't feel this article does anything to fix the situation. All this article tells me is this girl was a victim, her mom stopped it, then her mom relaxed and suicide resulted after further bullying.

The article hints that there was some drama with a boyfriend, but doesn't flesh any of that out. I want to address the bullies. Did they realize the impact that they were having? Were they angry at her perhaps spreading rumors, acting superior in school, what was the bully's perspective of this girl? As hinted by other comments here, why do teenagers choose to go more and more into the negative feedback loop they create in social media.

It is also worth considering what social applications can do about this. All a social app needs to say is "Hey, here's a person from your old school who bullied you. You should be his friend." and all the ads marketing towards advil after her google search?

Cyberbullying is a field I have so many questions about. This article serves to show that we know so little about cyberbullying, but it is a serious concern.