I'm sorry but I don't blame the people egging him on. That's such a common thing to do it's rather common-place and 'normal'. For instance, when online in games and people start to moan and what not, especially in World of Warcraft, people will say, "Just pull the f***in trigger already!" or the common emote, "/wrists". So really, it's so common for people to say it that it's surreal, as the article says, when someone actually does it.
The people I feel bad for are not Kevin (the suicidee), but rather his two 12 year old daughters. Scared for life. And to make matters worse, he did it ONLINE. In a damned chat-room of all the places. He not only affected his family, but everyone in that chat-room.
There's just to much controversy on this subject, but one thing to me is very clear: doing it over a chat room and scarring people for life, is rather pathetic...