Comments on HN do nothing for the victim, and it's self-righteous posturing to pretend they do. We don't do this kind of thing because we care about someone we'd never heard of until a minute ago. It's an opportune way to get some of our own anger out and see ourselves as moral at the same time.
Lashing out at the person you're talking to, on the other hand, actually can do harm—and that only means hurting the victim further as well.
Lashing out at the person you're talking to, on the other hand, actually can do harm—and that only means hurting the victim further as well.