I saw this, the headline was "Trolled to Death" which seemed almost jocular and light hearted. Obviously I feel bad for the family and wonder if society is really going to shit if a young girl feels the need to commit suicide over comments being made about her. That being said, I 100% agree with you OP. Sites like Ask.fm an formspring are essentially made as a conduit for anonymous abuse, and if the girl had simply shut down her account she would have severed communications with a large number of those who insulted her, leaving her under a little less stress. By going on the Internet an having an ask.fm account you are immediately placing yourself in the firing line for trolls. If you can handle that then DON'T HAVE THE BLOODY ACCOUNT. The media will be all over it saying how awful some people are (which they are) but conveniently avoid the greater issue at hand; the increasing number of teenage girls with an often unjustifiable preoccupation with self harm. I still go to school in the UK, I live in a very pleasant area, but still there are plenty of girls who have self harmed or have eating disorders and from my point of view it's more because there seems to be a "problem culture" where people fin it cool and edgy to have something wrong with them. That's the key issue here, not anonymous online offenders.