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To break up with something is difficult, and if that ‘something’ happens to be one’s connect to the world virtually, well, that’s a tough call. The social media handle that was all ‘hearts’ to begin with, has become a platform where trolls call the shots.
Sonakshi Sinha and Saqib Saleem quit Twitter on Saturday, and now Zaheer Iqbal and Aayush Sharma have also bid bye to it. “Aag lage basti mein...mein apni masti mein! Bye Twitter,” wrote Sonakshi, who has been the target ever since her faux paux over a question on Ramayana when she appeared for Kaun Banega Crorepati.
“The first step to protecting your sanity is to stay away from negativity. And nowhere more of that than Twitter these days (sic),” she wrote before deactivating her account.
While celebs have been target of bullying on various platforms of social media, Sushant Singh Rajput’s untimely demise has led to a spat of negative barrage. Nepotism debate is hot again as various theories float on what made the charming actor take his own life.
But then, it’s only hatred that Twitter is breeding. Another Bollywood actor turned a messiah for migrants as he, along with his team, used tweets to arrange buses, trains and later planes for migrant workers, who were stuck at various places during the lockdown.
“How we use a particular platform is in our hands,” says sociologist Suchet Kumar. And about the negativity, he says, “There are so many sociological studies that highlight how excessive social media use is becoming a reason for depression. I wonder if people would be as mean as they are in the virtual world if they were in a face-to-face communication.”
While digital detox has been a popular measure to brace against the ill effects of social media overuse, Kumar recommends setting boundaries. “Celeb or not, each one of us needs to practise caution. Limit time, exposure, not level one’s worth to the number of likes or re-tweets while also ensuring heart-to-heart conversation with friends in real.”
They are done with it
While Sonakshi Sinha, Saqib Saleem, Zaheer Iqbal and Aayush Sharma have recently left Twitter, celebs have shared a love-hate relationship with social media for years.
The director of the film Dhadak, Shashank Khaitan, called the micro blogging site a “breeding ground for hatred and negativity” before deleting his Twitter account a day after Rajput bid adieu.
Even the Badshah of Bollywood, or call him Don, couldn’t take Twitterati’s wrath as religious identity issue gained ground. “Sad, I read so much judgements, jingoism, religious intolerance on the net & I used to think, this platform will change narrowmindedness, but no!” (sic) he tweeted before taking a break.
The late actor Rishi Kapoor gave the younger stars a run for their money on engaging his fans and detractors alike on the social media platform. He decided to ‘retire’ from Twitter for it had only given him ‘grief’ only to come back in full force again after a blink and miss break.
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Be smart
Psychiatrist Dr Anuneet Sabharwal says, “Celebrities are judged by every word they utter, and I am assuming they are leaving Twitter to escape scrutiny by biased minds.”
Celeb or not, Dr Sabharwal lays downs the rules to stay sane through it all:
- Accept that there are rude, racist, supremacist people out there, who will post negative things. But respond to negativity with kindness.
- Don’t allow bad forces to dictate what you think or feel about an issue. Remember, Twitter is an open platform where people from all schools of thought have an equal opportunity to express themselves.
- Before posting a critique, read it three to four times.
- You can also block and mute people who are negative or abusive.
- Lastly, social media platforms are intelligent; they will show you what you’re interested in. If you search for positive content, you’ll be shown positive content.
- I will not advise anyone to leave social media completely, since negativity in life is as much an issue as it is on social media, brace up to deal with it!
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