You involuntarily stumbled upon a profound truth: The reason for many to stay around. It is not only misguided love. It is compassion and guilt.

You felt compassion for the cute girl being violated after posting on 4chan. She had voluntarily given something beautiful to the world. You felt guilty for partaking in the destruction of the online presence she had built up day after day for months. You felt sad when you discovered all the subtle marks of self hurt on her art (You can find them on almost any image). You observed her retreat and suffer passively without expressing any anger. You craved for more pictures to get a glimpse of her life. You stalked her to find out about her whereabouts and to convince yourself she was fine. You managed to come closer, you developed a messiah complex and began to protect her by distracting other stalkers.

And now - you are empty.

I know some of you are past this, some of you are just here for the trolling and a few are just at the beginning. But you are there. I am seeing you.