User blog comment:G4T0R4D3xEN3RGY/I Am Screaming Internally/@comment-5614678-20151122203815/@comment-5614678-20151122204547

Well obviously yeah, if you're talking about online friends it's much harder to contact the authorities and generally it's harder to take it seriously because it's on the internet and not in real life.

Still, I would go out of my to treat all threats of suicide as seriously as possible - even if it's just a joke or a desperate grab for attention. Because after your friend is forced to speak with politce, detectives, doctors and therapists for 72 hours, they'll have all the attention they need.