i think i read this in a buddhist book..
it says that when you do or say something bad, you send out bad signals and what goes round comes round..
so hurting words will receive hurting words and vice versa (i guess the concept is known as karma)
meanwhile there is also the power of groups - that is when someone is hurt or sad, people group together to give moral support (and advice)
now i am wondering - if we have someone in this forum who is really upset about something, and we all get together and say I SUPPORT YOU and then count it like (i am 1, i give you my support), (i am 2, you have my kind thoughts) or use some sort of a emoticons (example

1) (

2)
basically i think we are already doing that but if we quantify it, knowing that there are 231 'friends' out there (for example) who feel for the person and actually give blessings/moral support etc. i think the person will feel better...
hmm.. just a thought