T(w)eased: Sports Stars Threaten To Close Twitter Accounts Due To Abuse

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T(w)eased: Sports Stars Threaten To Close Twitter Accounts Due To Abuse

By Stephen Buddee on Tue, 24/05.2011

THE world's best golfer has threatened to close his Twitter account because of the amount of abuse directed at him on the social networking site.
"It's losing its meaning," Lee Westwood said. "It's social media, not social slagging.
"It seems to have turned into that for some people."
Flamboyant Englishman Ian Poulter, who played Westwood in the final 16 of the World Match Play Championship in Spain on Saturday, has been the target of heavy criticism on Twitter, while 1999 British Open champion Paul Lawrie has closed his account.
England soccer star Wayne Rooney recently joined Twitter and this week threatened to put a user "to sleep in 10 seconds" after being sent abusive messages.
"It's just pathetic," Westwood said.
"It's there to interact with people and give them an idea of stuff they might not ordinarily be able to engage with.
"But some always take it too far and spoil it."

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