Why do celebs use Twitter?
I know there's the egotistical reason to tell everyone about your life 
but the downside is you open yourself up to huge criticism, abuse and general 'not nice' stuff! Example:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a583927/hollyoaks-kieron-richardson-hits-back-at-homophobic-abuse-its-sad.html#~oJZ8TzkOaOP9kj
Celebs existed before Twitter. They didn't have to communicate with their fans and the haters. They got on with their lives and didn't need all this constant need to be loved or liked by their fans.
I dunno, it seems every week there's another celebrity moaning about Twitter abuse. Oh, the old days were much nicer! ;-)
but the downside is you open yourself up to huge criticism, abuse and general 'not nice' stuff! Example:Hollyoaks star Kieron Richardson has expressed dismay and anger after being targeted with homophobic abuse on Twitter.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a583927/hollyoaks-kieron-richardson-hits-back-at-homophobic-abuse-its-sad.html#~oJZ8TzkOaOP9kj
Celebs existed before Twitter. They didn't have to communicate with their fans and the haters. They got on with their lives and didn't need all this constant need to be loved or liked by their fans.
I dunno, it seems every week there's another celebrity moaning about Twitter abuse. Oh, the old days were much nicer! ;-)
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Celebs are human beings & use it for the same reasons you or I do.
Don't forget soap stars may only get that degree of fame for a year or two. The rest of the time they're just a jobbing actor.
Are we now saying that 'celebrities' can't take part in social media because some people abuse them ? I would think that is looking at things from the wrong angle - I'd like to think that 'celebrities' should be able to use social media just like everyone else and it is the abuser that should be getting the flak.
'Celebrities' should be open to criticism, but no-one should have to put up with the kind of abuse and hatred that we see being reported. It saddens me that some people feel the need to abuse others in this way.
In a way it's a great platform to promote your work (e.g single/album/movie etc coming out)
Sad really
Yes, if a celebrity retweets/mentions a company on Twitter they are likely looking for some freebies.
Sadly now they very seldom if ever interact with their fans anymore maybe tweeting a couple of times a week
And when they do it's now only to flog something they are being paid to be the face of or a show they are on
Classic case of up them selfitis I'm afraid 😢
Twitter has done them no favours whatsoever
Ooh, who was it?
they did
in the past their agent would get all letters and filter out the critical/nutters and as it wasnt directed at them it wasnt a problem
now a lot of C listers do there own PR so they get it directly and because most are insecure attention/approval seeking types they cant take it
I don't think that's not a fair point.
Kieron has said people are generally nice to him, he received that abuse because of a mistake that was no fault of his own, having the same name as someone and a story that was outside of his control.
With or without twitter or with or without personally tweeting him, that abuse would have still happened, those comments would have still been put online, he was talking about the abuse, not twitter, twitter was just a platform for it.
But why should he not have a twitter because other people want to be homophobic and be abusive about their views to others? He might like most people who have it enjoy being able to talk to his fans, friend and use it to see what's happening in the World.