My area's high schools were affected by something like this a few years ago, and it went to such an extent that a girl committed suicide. luckily because of their status as minors, the website could be closed down, but it did a huge amount of damage. I think an important idea may be to not fan the fire by giving them the attention they want...

Being in college, I've actually heard of this site and a few others like it. It's insane to me how people would even have the time to go on and talk about other people that they may or may not know. It says a lot about who those anonymous posters are, as students and as people. I wonder what kind of satisfaction the mean-spirited people get from spewing hate and negativity like this into the world. It's things like this that make me lose hope in my generation.

I haven't visited this particular site (I don't want to give them the satisfaction of more traffic), but I agree with you that it's upsetting how nasty people will be through the anonymity of the Internet. I feel that way whenever I read comments on blogs or forums where people are being outright cruel to each other, saying things they never would in person. Technology has given us many great advancements, but I really feel that it dulls our humanity sometimes.