"I think Twitter is going to suffer and in five years it will close down like Orkut and Myspace," said Chetan BhagatBestselling author Chetan Bhagat, who has often been the target of social media trolls, feels Twitter has become a "graveyard of bullies". Trolls have made Twitter negative to a point where celebrities have stopped talking much on the platform," Bhagat told PTI. "I think Twitter is going to suffer and in five years it will close down like Orkut and Myspace. Bhagat, however, continues to be active on the platform to promote his books and use it for his "publicity". Talking about his tweets on the Uri attack and subsequently on the surgical strikes, the 42-year-old author feels that social media is a space that must be used for free speech.

Source: dna October 17, 2016 09:40 UTC