You mean treat it like a "Don't feed the troll" kinda thing? Fair enough, but it ain't really fair on the staff when someone's threatening to harm themselves over editing posts. I may hate it when mine get edited and/or deleted, but to try and lay blame on em for any self harm's bang out of order, and they should be seen to publicly say that they ain't arsed and don't tolerate that kinda thing.
Shit, I remember that goin on all the time over at GTAGaming and that place hit a downward spiral because of all the suicide threats and staged attempts at it. I even got perma-banned for tellin someone they didn't have the bollocks to do it. There used to be a mod on here who used to go on that forum too. I'm bettin he could tell some stories n'all.
Either way, you said he's our mate. You don't pull your mate to one side privately and tell them to stop, you call em out publicly on their bullshit and make a fool of em so they can see how much of a dick they're bein.
It's not gettin personal, it's bein real.