Raines created a successful YouTube channel dedicated to her advocacy efforts rescuing foxes from fur farms.
Animal rescue activist and YouTube star Mikayla Raines has died by suicide, according to her husband. She was 29.
Ethan Raines announced her death in an emotional video he posted to her YouTube channel on Monday.
He said that for years his wife suffered from various mental health issues and struggled to cope with online criticism.
“She couldn’t bear what she was feeling any longer, and she ended her life,” he said. “And it breaks my heart that someone who is selfless and devoted her life to animals could have so much negativity pointed at her.”
No one should ever take YouTube this seriously. People can leave such cruel and thoughtless comments when they’re hiding behind a username.
This is a death caused by tech companies’ steadfast refusal to properly moderate their platforms. Humans are social primates and we will always have a strong reaction to our social environment.
I 100% agree with this! Mikayla Raines killed herself because Shittit (Reddit) allowed r/saveafoxsnark to flourish! Heck, they aren’t even banning it NOW! Even after an innocent women commited suicide and Reddit getting a lot of bad press! I left Reddit today. I’m a long time Shittit qunkie and couldn’t quit it and kept on going back. But not anymore. I no longer wish to be on a platform which allows communities to basically push someone to suicide. They are snark communities in lemmy too. Hope they get weeded out!