Why Does a Mom Tweet Her Son’s Death In Near-Real Time?

The NYT article is excusing her by saying that “it feels perfectly logical that Shellie Ross would reach out to that community with her pain.” Really? How is that “logical” again? Do you mean as logical as plastering the front of your home with photos of your dead kid, and publicly declare that you are “remembering” him shouting through the window? With a bloody megaphone? And what is that community of 5,400 followers? Are they 5,400 friends? Or just 5,400 spectators?