Leonard Pitt brought to light a commonly unknown incident of cyberbullying in his article. He wanted to make the issue of cyberbullying widely known as its a widespread phenomenon the government largely ignored. The rapid rise of the internet's popularity makes regulating it difficult and Pitt wants to bring the issue to the masses and rile them up with Megan's story, so people start caring about the issue and fight for a solution. The power of the crowd mentality can make many things a single person can not do possible, even passing regulation on cyberbullying. The author wants to prevent emotionally vulnerable people from cases of digital exploitation. Joe Queenan wrote his article with a comical tone which obscures his true purpose. He