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[–] OhBlindOne 0 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago  (edited ago)

TL;DR: Study found that ~6% of teens bully themselves online. They'll send anonymous hateful messages to themselves and then publicly respond. It's the equivalent of shooting yourself in the foot privately, so you can get public sympathy.

Also, the mentally disabled are 3x more likely to do this:

Researchers are calling this behavior "digital self-harm." Teens who identified as non-heterosexual were three times more likely to bully themselves online, while victims of cyberbullying were 12 times more likely to cyberbully themselves.

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[–] OhBlindOne 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

My children are home schooled.

A wise decision.