A teenage girl who was addicted to social media ended her life after she failed to get enough “likes” on her photos.

Chloe Davison, 19, was an aspiring model who relied on social media to feel good about herself, according to her older sister Jade.

“She thought she wasn’t good enough unless she was getting loads of likes and comments,” her 20-year-old sister said.

The selfie-loving teen hanged herself in her bedroom moments after she had been active on social media.

After the girl started using social media several year ago, “all she would talk about was how many likes she got,” her mum Clair Reynolds, 44, said.

“She was addicted to apps like Instagram and Snapchat,” said family friend Nick Coombs, 55, who had known Chloe since she was young.

“She would spend hours taking the perfect photo, but would delete it later if it didn’t get popular enough,” Coombs added.

Chloe struggled socially at school and rarely went out with friends, instead staying indoors and taking pictures of herself for social media.

The pretty 19-year-old was often targeted by online trolls who would send her nasty messages and mocked her appearance.

“Chloe was crying many nights because someone had said something horrible about her online,” her older sister Jade Davison told the news.

On Friday night, Chloe’s mum and sister returned home from a bar around 11:30pm, and found the teenager hanging in her bedroom.

Chloe had been taking selfies moments before she killed herself, according to Nick Coombs, 55, who was at the house when the brunette was found dead.

“When we took her body down, her hair and makeup were still perfect,” Coombs said. “She was wearing some new lingerie that she’d been excited to model.”

The girl’s mum, Clair Reynolds, said she blamed social media for what happened. “Social media took over Chloe’s life, whether that be Snapchat or Facebook.”

She added: “Chloe was beautiful, but she didn’t see that. She cared too much about how other people saw her.”

Coombs said that too many people felt they could say whatever they wanted to the attractive teen because it wasn't face-to-face.

“She’d get hundreds of messages each day, mostly men asking her for sexual stuff,” Coombs said. “Sometimes they were nice, but other times they told Chloe they wanted to hurt her.”

Both adults agreed that the girl had low self-esteem and relied on social media for reassurance.

The 19-year-old had thousands of social media followers when she killed herself.

Sources:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10705211/social-media-obsessed-death-durham-sister-tribute

See below photos of Chloe Davison.

Low self esteem... Hmmm.

Just because of some useless and worthless instagram likes.

What on earth is she gonna tell her creator?

Some folks on Nairaland can do same, judging by the way some struggle for the first to comment stuff as if their lives revolve around that.

Ndi ara na ata guava!!!!

useless pikin!!!!!

Oyibo already did a study on social media... And they found out that it spending so much time on it increases depression and low self esteem' but because people rarely read educative articles very few people know about the dangers of social media.. ...

May her soul rest in peace

You can read the study below

Spending Too Much Time On Social Media Increases Depression and Loneliness, Study Finds

this is pathetic... Living your life for the grams no be life oo
she just threw her folks into sadness

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Poor little girl
Self confidence is key
Depression is real while I suspect the 55 year old family friend of that little girl’s death

Yeaaaah, she's no different from others who comes here to troll & attacked for LIKES.

Social media is where they feel they truly exist, they become relevant & that is why it has a big impact for the millennials, we can't deny that. This is where most of us our lives evolved.

Thermythorpe:
this is pathetic... Living your life for the grams no be life oo

she just threw her folks into sadness

imagine being the parent of such child.... you raised, cared, worried, cried, had sleepless night and did everything possible to make that child to become a great human being... and then due to something as flimsy as social media "likes", all is gone!

some people dont see the beauty in their lives, unless everyone on social media gives a thumb up.

Adios unfit .... She failed herself

Make she go rest.

Social media clout and validation.

Eiyaa
Fain gal just go like that.

The blame goes to her mother. She over pampered her. The mother is still blaming social media for her daughter stupidity, can you imagine.

what??

What a sad way to die.smh

Rubbish

Coombs said that too many people felt they could say whatever they wanted to the attractive teen because it wasn't face-to-face.

Herein lies the tragedy of social media. People think they can just say all manner of terrible things to other people because it isn't face-to-face, forgetting that not everyone is emotionally equipped to handle abuse. Nairaland is a typical example of a place where you can just run your filthy mouth at anybody. To cope here (NL) you must have a thick skin otherwise you will just go and drink sniper (this, of course is based on the assumption you have no life offline like this poor girl.)

Trolls should understand that mean words can drive weak people to harm themselves, and then when karma comes knocking you will blame one innocent mama minding her business in the village. It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt.

Don't get too addicted to social media. Log off once in a while and GET A LIFE. If you are introverted find other activities that can help you mentally and intellectually grow without negatively affecting your social skills, otherwise you will implode, much like Chloe Davison.

burnette's and blonde's.. never seize to amaze me

God will whip you with blala when u reach...

Lol..wayre

That thing can pain person tho. But this is too gross

I bet she will get more likes now on those platforms. Even her worst pictures would get nothing less than 1m likes and 5m comments. We only value what we lost.

MrBrownJay1:
useless pikin!!!!!

not your pikin so shut up

Lol
This one no get issues.







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They should cook her and spice her meat up so we can eat with chilled beer.

2020 is not a year of wasting food

She for marry me before she die na, I for get British Passport by now

Ok

Social media addiction is a crime

Randy100:
The blame goes to her mother. She over pampered her. The mother is still blaming social media for her daughter stupidity, can you imagine.

and you know this how?

A teenage girl who was addicted to social media ended her life after she failed to get enough “likes” on her photos.

So sad and funny at the same time.
What a wasted life!
Beauty without brain.

This remind us of a kid here on Nairaland always bragging about the number of likes he has, even making it his signature on his profile, as if that is what will make his momma proud of him in life!
Kids everywhere!