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People who commit murder and suicide over their insecurities and jealousies are responsible for their own actions.

How is this any different than creating a site that is a "marketplace" for cheating on your tests/essays/whatever in University? The cheaters are responsible for their own actions, right?

because that is illegal

It's almost certainly a violation of the school's code of academic integrity, but illegal? Doubtful; nobody goes to jail for cheating on their exams.

It's not. They are both fine.

Yes, but we shouldn't encourage it.

I can´t see anything good in taking the company down. People are cheating, they always did. It's not illegal, they made a personal decision. Why is it a bad thing to run a platform for these people?

Because it encourages the behavior and even makes it seem socially acceptable to some degree when it isn't.

The ads.

if stuff like this goes public, people that may have not killed others or themselves, might in fact do so now. and if this site shuts down, another one will likely take its place.

(but i'm still hoping they go bankrupt too)

While I'm not sure that I agree,

I /certainly/ am not sure that I disagree!

I think the question of whether the hacking done was ethical is probably nontrivial.