1) The girl who hurt Natalie should be punished, obviously. I don't think she should necessarily be kicked out of the school, if this is her first offense, but she should definitely receive more than a warning. She should have to pay for the damages. She should also have to preform community service or something like that. Maybe that would help her grow up a little. Someone should also tell her not to believe everything she reads on the internet.
2) Juicy Campus is not responsible for what happened, not in the slightest, unless whoever owns the website said "now go key this girl's car," which I'm pretty sure he did not. The owner can't be held responsible for his readers actions.
3) Social networking becomes cyber-bullying when one of the people in the online interaction no longer feels comfortable, or when they begin to feel unhappy, threatened, etc. It also become cyber-bullying if it continues after the uncomfortable person expresses his discomfort. If you continue to say something mean to someone after someone asks you to stop, that is definitely bullying, even if you don't intend to be mean.
4) Could Natalie's situation have been prevented? That's a good question. I think Natalie probably should have been more careful about what she posted on the internet. As my dad always says, posting something on the internet is like putting it on a billboard on the side of the highway. So if you're going to post something, first think about if you'd want it on the side of the highway.
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