Launched in July 2006, Twitter is a real-time and social network communication service used by millions of organizations and people to quickly discover and share information. With Twitter, you can easily access different sites via your mobile device or the web to exchange bite-size updates called ‘tweets’. Some users create accounts on this social media site to bring their folks from all across the globe together. Others make this as a medium to follow updates from their favorite bands, Hollywood stars, sports icons, among others. For most Hollywood celebrities, Twitter has become their way of reaching out to more fans. Stars are beginning to turn toward social media in the hopes of connecting with people who like their talents. And while most people are loved by their followers, there are also some cases when we come across with users that are hated by many. Below are top 10 most hated people on Twitter, both Hollywood personalities and private individuals that has been making some noise in Twittersphere.
10. Nicki Minaj
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With a little over fifteen million online followers, Nicki Minaj was seen getting in trouble as she deals with different personalities online. There was one time when the singer threw an online fit over music leaks and fans which eventually led her to deactivate her account. But it didn’t take long before she reactivated her Twitter as she had, during that time, an upcoming album coming out. No one can ever forget how Minaj called out seasoned journalist Barbara Walters after the former alleged the latter of favoring Mariah Carey, this after an alleged fight between Nicki and Mariah.
9. Leann Rimes
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Number nine on the top 10 most hated people on twitter is the award-winning singer Leann Rimes. Her haters do nothing but bash at the star—scrutinizing her fashion statement, her hair, and even her performances. A lot of people are wondering how a very promising singer could have such a heavy backlash. Then it appears how her latest marriage with Eddie Cibrian provided plenty of answers. Accordingly, her alleged cheating before her previous marriage’s being over left fans unrelentingly pounding on the country singer.
8. Justin Beiber
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With more than thirty-two million online followers, Justin Beiber still remains one of the most hated people in Twitter. While a lot of fans talk positively about the star, it is remarkable to notice that for every positive comment, there is double that negative. Haters attack the star both professionally and personally but Bieber is in a position to focus more on the people who like him which obviously drowns outs the negative ones.
7. Alec Baldwin
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Number seven in our top 10 most hated people on twitter is another famous Hollywood celebrity With over a million Twitter followers, Alec Baldwin has his fair share of love online. But the figure doesn’t outweigh the hate comments he has to endure every day. Because this Hollywood star is very opinionated, it is not a wonder to find him with actions that are so controversial. He constantly shares his though about animal rights, gun control, current policies and even politics.
6. Adria Richards
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She attend a programming language seminar and overheard two men discussing about ‘big dongles’ and other sexually suggestive comments, to which she posted real-time in her twitter. Shortly after her tweets, one of the men was fired from work. The issue in turn hulked out. Here is one female developer, a feminist, and for a single tweet about sexism has cost the employment of another programmer. Twitter users took the action against her and eventually, she was also fired from work.
5. Gehad El-Haddad
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The next most hated person in Twitter is Gehad El-Haddad, the spokesman of Egypt president Mohamed Morsi. He is the son of the president’s foreign advisor, Essam al-Haddad. In the midst of the controversy as Egypt plunges towards a vague future because of massive protests, Gehad El-Haddad continues to defend the unpopular president and spreads what a lot of people believe false information about the growing number of pro-Morsi supporters. Despite receiving numerous negative comments, the Presidential spokesman, being one of the very few public and vocal defender of Morsi, continues to draw posts and shows no indication of stopping from making the President’s case for legitimacy.
4. Jason Calacanis
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This media entrepreneur whose been making it big so far after he sold the blog network that is behind Engadget to AOL , has exude arrogance like a new-money rock star. He publicly buys flashy and expensive cars, struts around conferences he produced with two mascot bulldogs, and calls his Twitter followers “Jason Nation”. His weapon of choice—money and arrogance, has caused Twitter users to send him hate messages following his admission that he is just too good for the medium, thus he opted to write to a private email list instead.
3. Michael Arrington
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He is a lawyer by profession and pioneered a blog called TechCrunch. He successfully milked his position by bullying start-ups, with intimidating threats that he won’t give coverage if he was not given exclusives. He stood by his tactic of making bold arguments that easily draw attention to a case but make a lot of people hate in the process. While most people love his business tactics, a lot of Twitter followers abhor him for such actions.
2. Daniel Tosh
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Daniel Tosh is a popular comedian on Comedy Central. What Twitter followers hate about him most is how the comedian makes offensive and below-the-belt comments and jokes. His jokes about rapes, about how funny it would be if a person were to be raped, have angered his followers, especially female activists. People find the comedian’s lines as socially unacceptable.
1. Hunter Moore
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Our number one on the top 10 most hated people on twitter is Hunter Moore. He is the creator of the now defunct website called isanyoneup.com where people are encouraged to submit intimate pictures of their former boyfriends or girlfriends, along with details about the subject and why these subjects deserve to be featured. The information is posted in the site with the person’s full name and location. With the website, a lot of people weren’t so happy about it—like feminists, parents, humans with morals and of course the victims. After what Moore has done, he was labeled as the Most Hated Man on the Internet.