Sonakshi Sinha deactivates Twitter to stay away from ‘negativity’, Karan Johar unfollows several people
New Delhi: A handful of Bollywood celebrities have deactivated their Twitter accounts citing negativity on the micro-blogging website. ‘Dhadak’ director Shashank Khaitan calling Twitter a ‘breeding floor for hate and negativity’ when he determined to give up it earlier this week and on Saturday, actress Sonakshi Sinha deactivating her account to keep away from negativity and shield her sanity.
Sonakshi made the revelation in an Instagram submit, saying, “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.”
She has additionally disabled the feedback part of her Instagram account.
At the time of quitting, Sonakshi had 15.9 million followers on Twitter.
Netizens are speculating the rationale for the actress` determination might must do with the extreme trolling she confronted after she shared a submit expressing her grief and condolence over the demise of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. His sudden demise has as soon as once more stirred the controversy on the alleged observe of nepotism and preferential therapy in direction of star children within the trade. Sonakshi, like many different star children, has been trolled on social media whilst the topic is hotly mentioned.
On the opposite hand, filmmaker Karan Johar, who has been trolled for working primarily with star children, within the wake of Sushant’s premature demise, has unfollowed a lot of the trade folks on Twitter. He is now following solely eight folks, three of them being that of Bollywood A-listers Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar.
Meanwhile, earlier than deactivating his Twitter account, Shashank Khaitan tweeted, “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.”
He additionally shared the information on Instagram: “Finally, deleted my Twitter account… I am surely inconsequential, in terms of followers and reach for the platform… but I believe every voice is important… hope such a powerful platform can evolve and reform to spread love and happiness … Praying for a peaceful world always.”
Actor Saqib Saleem, who has starred in movies like ‘Mere Dad Ki Maruti’ and ‘Race 3’, has determined to give up the micro-blogging website too.
His assertion learn: “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.”
He added, “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,” Saqib Saleem signed off.
Actor Aayush Sharma, celebrity Salman Khan’s brother-in-law, has additionally deactivated his Twitter account. He made his debut with Warina Hussain with ‘LoveYatri’ (2018).
Actor Zaheer Iqbal, who was additionally launched by Salman in 2019 with ‘Notebook’, can also be off Twitter now. He shared the screenshot of his final tweet on Instagram, which learn, “Goodbye Twitter”.
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