Teenagers today don't realize how mean they are to each other and many become depressed over what starts out as a meaningless joke. Just like anorexia culture, suicide culture associated with hashtags has also invented alternative hashtags. “sue” and “secretsociety123” are the hashtags they came up with to get around banned hashtags. These are called secret societies as used specifically in one of them. Instagram has; However, I discovered this alternative way to promote these unhealthy ways and after searching for them you get a message asking if you want to know more, show the content or cancel the search (Yandoli). This stigma stems from cyberbullying. Cyber bullying is where someone on social media makes a negative post about another and it upsets the person. The abuser does this repeatedly until the teenager becomes depressed and believes that the abuser is right and then makes the decision to end their life because they see no other way out. In recent years there have been many suicides among teenagers due to cyberbullying on social media. An unforgettable case is that of Megan Meier. Megan was 13 when she hanged herself from a bar in her closet. Five weeks before her death, a 16-year-old boy named Josh Evans added her to MySpace. The two began to talk. According to Megan's mother, she had always struggled with weight and self-esteem issues
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