Twitter Followers Prevent Suicide

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DemiMoore1_ghost Demi Moore tweets (so does Ashton)

She has 380,000 followers.

A San Jose woman sent a message to Moore on Twitter, saying she was going to commit suicide.  Moore, who was in the south of France, responded with "I hope you are joking".

Followers of Moore's Twitter feed were able to determine the location of the woman, and notified San Jose police.  The woman was taken in for psychiatric treatment.

Odd technological world we live in.  Full story here.