While social media is a great medium for people to remain in touch it also comes with its fair share of downsides. Bollywood celebs too use this platform to interact with their fans but they also have to deal with a fair share of trolls that exist there. We often see Bollywood celebs being trolled and abused on social media. Sometimes, they become so fed up with all this negativity and hatred that they decide to quit social media.
Twitter was quite abuzz recently with as many as six celebrities deactivating their accounts citing negativity and social media toxicity that was bothering them. Here is the list.
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1. Sonakshi Sinha
Sharing Amy Poehler’s GIF in an award show, Sonakshi in her last tweet wrote,
“The first step to protecting your sanity is to stay away from negativity. And nowhere more of that than Twitter these days. Chalo I’m off– deactivating my account. Bye guys, peace out.”
2. Shashank Khaitan
Filmmaker Shashank Khaitan, deactivated his Twitter account, calling it a ‘breeding ground for ‘hate and negativity’. He shared screenshot of his tweet on Instagram which reads,
“Done with twitter… just a breeding ground for hate and negativity… very sad that a platform so powerful, could not be used to create a better world… praying for peace and love always… deactivating my account now … @Twitterindia”
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3. Saqib Saleem
Saqib, brother of actress Huma Qureshi, interestingly wrote a break-up letter to Twitter, echoing the feelings and decision to quit the platform. His post reads,
“Hey Twitter,
I am Breaking Up with you Twitter. Hey Twitter, when we met for the first time, you were a lovely. A great platform to express feelings, gather knowledge and understand many different points of view. But, of late you seem to have gotten lost in all the hate everyone is so ready to throw at each other, a place of bullies, a place where abusing people is a normal code of conduct.
These last few days have forced me to realise that I don’t need this kind of energy in my life, where I wake up to hatred, where kindness is lost. It has made me realise that I need to surround myself with people, things, content and vibes that reflect who I want to be and how I want to feel; energies are contagious!
Thank you to my almost 99k followers for all the love. We will stay connected through other platforms, but for now, Twitter and I are done. In a world where you can be anything, be kind.
Your Ex Lover,
S”
4. Aayush Sharma
Actor and Salman Khan’s brother-in-law Aayush Sharma has also deleted his Twitter account. In his last tweet, he wrote,
“280 characters are less to define a human being. But 280 characters are more than enough to spread fake news, hatred and negativity. Didn’t sign up for this nasty herd mentality. Khuda hafiz.”
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5. Neha Bhasin
Singer Neha Bhasin announced that she is quitting Twitter for ‘good’. Calling it ‘toxic’, Neha penned two tweets and immediately deactivated her account. Neha wrote,
“Quitting Twitter for good. It is just too toxic for my mind. I only want to create music. I don’t want to see the garbage people carry in their minds. I take the right of everyone to come and say whatever they feel like to me away. Stop calling people underrated. It is annoying. Khud kuch stars ko sarr pe chadhate ho phir khud kuch logon ko underrated bolte ho. And everyone having a phone to type an opinion is annoying too. I miss pre phone era when I didn’t know everyone’s opinion on everything. Boring.”
6. Zaheer Iqbal
The Notebook actor, Zaheer Iqbal just wrote, ‘Goodbye Twitter’.
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Well, we wonder what is going on.Do you also find Twitter to be a place full of negativity? Let us know in the comments.
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