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In a recent news it was seen that, Police in Hong Kong on Thursday are trying to trace the founder of a Chinese-language Facebook group whose members claim to be planning a mass suicide on December 21.

The investigation was triggered after a 15-year-old member of the group was stopped by friends as she tried to throw herself off the roof of a Hong Kong school a fortnight ago.


Police found out that, she was one of 190 people who had signed up to the Facebook group called "I have to practise suicide". The group has been removed from the popular social networking site. Members shared tips on the best ways to kill themselves and goaded each other to join in a mass suicide on December 21. A social worker who interviewed the suicidal schoolgirl alerted police.


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Some reports in Chinese-language newspapers Wednesday said the group had been disbanded while others quoted members saying that a core "suicide team" remained active.

And there are many bizzare groups that are there on online social networking platforms, which are into sick kind of things, and I guess now social networking which was supposed to be fun and helpful, is turning out to be bit dangerous with like minded people from all over the world joining in hands in such activities, I think technology has gone far ahead where it is seeing no point of return, may be some checks are necessary in these things, as there are several cases of misconducts like these are happening and are on the rise.

Is Social networking taking an ugly turn? or we should ignore these things and move on. I would like to know from users like, what do they think of this incident.

 Top Comment : SHARATH CHANDAR REDDY   | 11 27 2009 10:43:39 +0000
Thanks for referring Purvi. Shocking to know this. Yes, technology is advancing, and we should be ready to take both good & bad effects of technological advances. There are lots of advantages bcoz of technological advances, otherwise, perhaps both of us would not have known each other in life time. At the same time, we should be prepared to face the consequences of bad effects, such as the one mentioned above.Ugly turns will aslways be there, it is the choice of indiciduals not to go thru these ugly turns!
 
6 comments on "Facebook Group planning mass suicide"
  Commented by  Dhesihan S, HR Executive, JUSTINTIME    | 11 30 2009 11:04:34 +0000
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Those people have some sort of psychological affects. They subconscious state that, their desire and the interest is the reason for this. Anyway we should aware about ourselves and need to protect them too,
  Commented by  Vishnu M., Head - Software QA/QC , UAEEXchange & Financial Services Ltd.    | 11 30 2009 09:52:06 +0000
perverts!
  Commented by  Biswajit, MBA/PGDM student, Asia Pacific Institute of Management Studies    | 11 28 2009 09:12:50 +0000
Thanks for forwarding. Its just heap of sociology and should take strict action against this.Its influencing others also!!!
  Commented by  HASMUKH GANDHI, TV Producer, Self-employed    | 11 28 2009 07:39:34 +0000
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The psycho-emotional profiles of people particulary on younger side is rapidly undergoing dramatic transforamtions. They seem to be unable to tackle ugly side of realities and as the informaton is exploding from virtually every corner, the ugly and sick mesages and facts of life, are being thrown on your face continuously. The stress and collpsing emotional supports in therms of fragile realtionships are plenty all around us. Theri vulnerabilieis are already on an intense levels as they do not know how to fathom the life. So, when some so-called bizzare like-minded group or person sympathize and rationalize their psycho-fears and knock at their pathetic lonelyness and lack of any motivations, they end up subscribing to such anti-life steps. Even in Japan and America suicide by cult memebers keep appearing....all the time. It has shock value all right but not in terms of why n how such a thing is happening...BUT in terms of the fact that what the hell r v doing n responding....It is a wake up call. If not already late......
  Commented by  SHARATH CHANDAR REDDY, Business Development Manager - Insurance, I T C Ltd    | 11 27 2009 10:43:39 +0000
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Thanks for referring Purvi. Shocking to know this. Yes, technology is advancing, and we should be ready to take both good & bad effects of technological advances. There are lots of advantages bcoz of technological advances, otherwise, perhaps both of us would not have known each other in life time. At the same time, we should be prepared to face the consequences of bad effects, such as the one mentioned above.Ugly turns will aslways be there, it is the choice of indiciduals not to go thru these ugly turns!
  Commented by  Sonam Kapoor, Software Developer, IBM    | 11 27 2009 10:40:28 +0000
This is something really shocking for me, who will do such things on net, i am completely surprised with this news, where people are joining these kind of groups, I mean they are 100% mentally unstable and they should right away get counselled in their respective countries, and social networks should ban these groups in the first place, I guess they are doing this to drive traffic, ever social network knows what will be happening on the platform, they keep quite till the end and when things are out of control they themselves give a tip of to police and make it a big news just to make the site more popular. Thanks for the referral purvi. 
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