YouTube star Mikayla Raines dies by suicide at 29; husband blames online abuse
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Raines created a successful YouTube channel dedicated to her advocacy efforts rescuing foxes from fur farms.

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.”

  • Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world
    316·
    8 hours ago

    It was reddit. Reddit is dead center of this.

    Edit: its amazing how being correctly identifying reddit as the culprit is downvoted on lemmy when its clear most of us are here because reddit sucks a skunks ass.

    • kilonova@lemm.eeEnglish
      23·
      8 hours ago

      Proof? Not that I’m saying you’re wrong, I’m just not familiar with this lady at all so would like to know more.

      • Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        10·
        3 hours ago

        There was a whole subreddit called “r/SaveAfoxSnark” that went private after the news came out. One reddit mod there got doxxed, panicked, and deleted their whole reddit history.

        Edit: The mod’s reddit handle is/was KazeoLion. There are only quotes here about this, so take it all with a grain of salt until we know more. These are YouTube comments:

        MappleBunny 13 hours ago One of the people responsible for the bullying is a reddit user by the name of KazeoLion, who has since been doxxed and had to delete most of his reddit posts (which are still available in the wayback machine), he even made a post where he doubled down on his actions.

        We will neither forgive nor forget. Rest in peace Mikayla

        bluebowser3347 21 hours ago There was a whole subreddit called r/SaveAfoxSnark that was dedicated to bullying and harassing Mikayla. The moment the news came out that she had killed herself the subreddit switched to private.

        • madjo@feddit.nl
          4·
          1 hour ago

          Those snark subreddits need to remember that they’re dealing with human beings.

      • Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world
        56·
        8 hours ago

        I read a long write up about the trolls behavior and accusations but the machine I used for isn’t accessible this morning. A little searching and you will find a better write up on it.