It is so so sad that a person has made a request to be left alone and far from being sensitive, he is being mercilessly trolled again - just like he predicted in the post. Even invoking mental health did not make an impact.
The truth is - both Ayesha & Neil's fans engage in unacceptable behaviour. Obviously, I'm not saying all do it. They troll and mock the actors and give justification for their actions - give excuse that the actors invited it themselves, that they are defending their favourite or pointing to the other FD to justify themselves. Trolling is unethical under any circumstances.
I've seen considerable amount of posts and stories both in Instagram and Twitter targetting one or the other actors. Body shaming, sl*t shaming, mocking casually about s*x tapes, passing judgement, rude remarks over unsubstantiated claims, consummation jokes, even rejoicing over someone's illness. There are considerable people gloating over how their stories (tagging the actors) trolling them, was seen by the actors. These posts must be coming in the actors timeline - they will see it - and it will feel so hostile.
Trolling can affect people badly - actors, SM personalities and even ordinary people are subject to trolling. Some learn to ignore or be immune to it which is good. Others may be very sensitive - they may go into depression while others may lash out. While we advise actors to develop a thick skin, should we also not advice the fandom to develop a thick skin - to not take things personally? Isn't it putting the onus of stopping the trolls being put on those being subjected to trolling?
The problem is there is total ignorance on what trolling can do to people. If people knew, they would not indulge in such hate. Social media makes people to say things to someone - which they would not say to anyone face to face. There has to be a realisation that the person at the other end is a living, breathing human being with feelings.
At the end of the day, actors life, their actions are not going to make any impact on our life - but trolling actors will affect them.
Edited by dmohan1288 - 3 years ago