This puts it all best.   If you’re a troubled/problematic person who's so desperate for attention/love/approval/support that you hang your ass out on the internet in a sorry attempt to find what you’re looking for, disastrous results are guaranteed.   Whatever you are, there will be others who’ll attack what you are.   That kid had probably been drifting toward suicide (IF it actually happened) for some time and the 4chan posting thing was just that last straw that broke the camels back..