Comments on: 90-Day Jane http://csraven.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/90-day-jane/ Some ramblings on my experiences with public relations Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:08:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Rick Weiss http://csraven.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/90-day-jane/#comment-25 Rick Weiss Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:15:26 +0000 http://csraven.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-25 It's an ill-conceived art-piece. Statistics show that suicide rates increase for a period of time when an incident gets prominent media coverage. I imagine something like this would push a few people over the line who may otherwise have reached out for help once more. She was naive to think that posting it online wouldn't cause problems. It’s an ill-conceived art-piece. Statistics show that suicide rates increase for a period of time when an incident gets prominent media coverage. I imagine something like this would push a few people over the line who may otherwise have reached out for help once more.

She was naive to think that posting it online wouldn’t cause problems.

]]> By: Rayanne Langdon http://csraven.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/90-day-jane/#comment-24 Rayanne Langdon Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:54:28 +0000 http://csraven.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-24 Thanks for the new link. I was so disappointed a few minutes ago when I was that it had already been removed. The thing that really tips me off as being fake is the e-mail address she posted. She obviously created an address just for this project to be "anonymous," but---come on---she totally wants everyone to send her comments of every kind. She's making me really angry. I hated Go Ask Alice, anyway. Thanks for the new link. I was so disappointed a few minutes ago when I was that it had already been removed.

The thing that really tips me off as being fake is the e-mail address she posted. She obviously created an address just for this project to be “anonymous,” but—come on—she totally wants everyone to send her comments of every kind.

She’s making me really angry. I hated Go Ask Alice, anyway.

]]> By: Colleen Monks http://csraven.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/90-day-jane/#comment-23 Colleen Monks Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:44:03 +0000 http://csraven.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-23 Hey Kate, I was shocked when I read your post. What would encourage someone to post daily entries about the preparations to kill herself?. From the latest entry which describes the blog as an art expression, I think it’s pretty clear that she has no plans to kill herself. The following passage indicates that she wasn’t expecting people to believe the blog was real: “My closeness to this project must have made art seems like reality to many people. That is not a reaction that I expected nor can I morally justify. This is why my project, 90DayJane, will be taken down in the next few days”. I think it’s right for her to take the project down. Although to her it was a form of art, to others who are unaware of the reasoning behind the blog might have been led to believe that suicide was a justifiable act. What shocked me the most were the negative comments posted by so many people on her latest entry. She received comments saying that they wished she would have killed herself. It’s understandable if people don’t agree with the reasons why she began this blog, but to stoop to such a level that they seem angry she didn’t follow through with it is sickening. It seems that people can be very cruel when hiding behind a computer screen; along with the Internet came online bullying. Reading such negative comments made me remember a news story that I heard a while ago about a young girl, 13 or 14 years old, who committed suicide after being continually bullied online. It just goes to show what effect negative words can have on others. It’s a shame that people abuse the Internet rather than embrace it as a new form of communication and use it in a positive way. Hey Kate,

I was shocked when I read your post. What would encourage someone to post daily entries about the preparations to kill herself?.

From the latest entry which describes the blog as an art expression, I think it’s pretty clear that she has no plans to kill herself. The following passage indicates that she wasn’t expecting people to believe the blog was real:

“My closeness to this project must have made art seems like reality to many people. That is not a reaction that I expected nor can I morally justify. This is why my project, 90DayJane, will be taken down in the next few days”.

I think it’s right for her to take the project down. Although to her it was a form of art, to others who are unaware of the reasoning behind the blog might have been led to believe that suicide was a justifiable act.

What shocked me the most were the negative comments posted by so many people on her latest entry. She received comments saying that they wished she would have killed herself. It’s understandable if people don’t agree with the reasons why she began this blog, but to stoop to such a level that they seem angry she didn’t follow through with it is sickening.

It seems that people can be very cruel when hiding behind a computer screen; along with the Internet came online bullying. Reading such negative comments made me remember a news story that I heard a while ago about a young girl, 13 or 14 years old, who committed suicide after being continually bullied online. It just goes to show what effect negative words can have on others. It’s a shame that people abuse the Internet rather than embrace it as a new form of communication and use it in a positive way.

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