What would you do if you saw someone post a suicide message on a public site?

Facebook 'Friends' Mock Woman's Suicide Message



A U.K. woman was left to die after posting a
suicidal message on Facebook. She was then taunted by her Facebook
‘friends’ who commented on her status.


Simone Back, 42, had 1,048 Facebook
“friends,” none of whom came to her rescue or alerted authorities of her
suicidal post that read, "Took all my pills be dead soon bye bye
everyone."


She posted this message on the social
networking site at 10:53 p.m. on Christmas Day and received responses
calling her a “liar,” “she OD’s all the time and she lies” and saying
the fatal overdose was “her choice,” The Telegraph reports.


Some out-of-town friends did respond wanting to help, requesting her address and telephone number to no avail.


Not one of Back’s friends checked in on her.


Seventeen hours after the Facebook post, her
mother, Jennifer Langridge, was alerted to her daughter’s online
suicide note. She then immediately called emergency number 999.


Police arrived at Back’s apartment at 4 p.m. on Dec. 26, where they found her body. She was declared dead an hour later.


Facebook says that they have a help center where concerns can be reported to a team of trained professionals.


It is not yet known at what time Back died
or whether she could have seen any of the callous messages. Langridge
later posted on her daughter’s Facebook page: “My daughter Simone passed
away today so please leave her alone now,” The Telegraph reports.

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I would find it awfully hard to live with the fact I had told someone I didn't really care and it was their choice. I still don't understand why people have this "need" to say something unkind or uncaring, instead of something that might actually help.

don't know what i would do breezey, most of my f/b friends, i know online only,and of those share email only with a handful, no idea how to contact a next of kin.what would be the best thing to do ? as yet i have not been confronted with this.

I'm not sure how Facebook does it, but I think reporting it is the way it works?
I just know that being mean or uncaring about it and making sure the person knows that... it never helps.
The sad thing is... some people honestly believe all those strangers who add them... care, and are friends.
I guess if it were me, I'd try to say something to change the person's mind and report it.