. >> reporter: nicole crowther says she never saw it coming. one single action changed her life forever. >> i was receiving death threats. >> reporter: and the cause of all this hatred? a single tweet. it's the well-documented dark side of the web. the new normal for 20-somethings. as featured in the syfy series "the internet ruined my life." >> everybody wants to be internet famous. telling you, you don't deserve to live. >> reporter: for 26-year-old nicole her nightmare came wrapped in her biggest dream, as an extra on her favorite show "glee." >> i was a gleek, obsessed with the show. the episode that i was in was episode 7. as he's leaving, you'll be able to see me, i'm wearing the creamy cardigan, long cardigan and jeans, running down the hallway. and that was it, it was half a second. >> reporter: like many "glee" addicts nicole took to twitter to speculate, mostly rumors, about the show. >> i put hypotheticals up. >> reporter: one rumor she says she heard from fellow extras turned out to be all too true. nicole sent out a tweet that woul