Online Suicide

A 19-year-old young man that lives near me committed suicide live on Justin.tv on Wednesday November 19, 2008. His name is Abraham K. Biggs. The report is in my local online newspaper at Sun-Sentinel.com.

While this is not the first incident of live online suicide, it is still a new aspect of reality that surrounds the virtuality of the web. Comments were made by live chatters that were emboldened by the anonymity that the web brings in the young man's chat room, thinking it was a joke. I'm saddened by this event and have only the deepest condolences for his family.

Tags: justin.tv, lifecaster, live, suicide, tech

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Permalink Reply by Mayank on November 24, 2008 at 1:57pm: I read about this too.....i felt really bad....apparently he had posted on some discussion board saying he was planning to do this....but the moderator acted too late....very sad.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tsuko on November 26, 2008 at 5:16pm: hmm, cry wolf too many times and when it's real you'll be ignored.
There was already a famous scam or two of online suicide, so when one is actually real, shit happens.; ▶ Reply to This

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