Skip the likes and RT frenzy — why not tweet helplines?
It was a normal day for me, a normal routine. I found a trend that had taken the social networking site by storm — “RIP Amanda Todd”. In the 10 seconds that followed, I highlighted the unfamiliar name and right clicked Google search: It was another death after bullying.
I pulled my hands off my keyboard and felt my stomach turn. Not because of the nature of the death, or because the girl was only 15. It was because I realised that less than a month had passed since the media frenzy and public interest caused by a teen suicide here in Ireland following abuse on ask.fm.
