FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! SUICIDE IS NO JOKE!!! THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS!!! Oh that pisses me off major!! Why are some people soo, grrrrrrrrr I would have called the police right away, no playing with that one. grrrr, that makes me mad!!!

On the internet it is hard to tell if something is staged or not so I would have probably done nothing.

I'm not sure what the local police would do if they got such a call. How would they find this person? It would be better to notify the owner of the site so that they can determine the person's location and then notify the authorities. It would be unlikely that you could get the location of the person until it was too late. But, I would attempt to do so.

thnks Sky. i didn't mean that question just for you but for everyone, and i know it's not the same scenario by far, i was intending to see what the responses would be to this one though. tell me much about a person.

If I saw anyone in trouble like that I would stop to help. I did just last week. Saw a domestic violence in progress. Boyfriend was punching the girl in the face in their car. He ran off when I approached and I helped her get medical/police help.

I stopped for a car that was crashed on the side of the freeway a couple of years back. Used my first aid kit to help the guy. By the way, if you see a tire rolling down the road at you (I was on a downhill slope of the freeway) you should not try and stop it from rolling past you.

At least he didnt take out a bunch of innocent people with him like so many disturbed, younger people are doing for attention, and their fifteen minutes of fame.

what if you knew the person?

for sure there are much worse scenarios than this one, but what wolud you have done if you tuned in and seen it??

thnx for your honesty. are you saying that if you had seen it or watched it for hours you would feel this way?

I probably would have logged off and went to bed. You can never tell what's real and what isn't online. *shrugs*

sounds reqasonalbe, sometimes all we can do is attempt to help. once i tried to help someone and they told me to leave them alone to get away, so i understand that sometimes my help is not wanted or appreciated.

To be honest, I probably would have thought it was staged. And probably nothing.

If I saw it and I actually knew the kid, I would have alerted authorities ASAP.

would you have done so if you personally knew the person?

thnks FF

That's a no-brainer for me. I'd not only call the police, but I'd be in my car on my way to where I knew they were.

But I don't know them so the question is invalid to me. It's selfish to try to keep someone here that doesn't want to be here. I have very mixed feelings on the subject through personal experiances with death in my family.

it should be a no-brainer as you say for everyone, but i personally see no diff. in whether i know someone or not, i know i would try my best to do what i could unless told by the person[s] they did not want my help emphatically as i once was told.

thnx HK

The difference is not in whether or not to do something, the difference is in what I can do. It all comes down to the physical whereabouts of the person in question. This is not so simple to find out from the internet.

If I knew the person I would most likely know where they were physically and could act with more confidence. If I told you all right now I was going to kill myself, who would you call right this minute?