Pseuicides – Why many online tales of suffering are works of fiction

Excellent online article by Howard Swains from the new Wired UK Site on how some online tales of death and suffering are fictional – “pseuicides”. Some are contrived to titillate or garner attention, some result from something more serious, and some are the result of a uniquely modern psychiatric disorder known as Munchausen by internet.

Reports of my death

Source : Wired UK