Today's longread is a troubling story of how a crowd mentality affected the way that a man's suicide unfolded in San Francisco. It's a tragic story and a reminder that sometimes bad situations can bring out the the worst in people. It also raises difficult questions about issues like what it means to be a part of a community when so much of our social interaction is mediated through networks like Facebook or Twitter.
"Public Influence: The Immortalization of an Anonymous Death" by Albert Samaha
Published in SF Weekly, January 2, 2013
http://www.sfweekly.com/content/printVersion/3337625/
Eric
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