Professional athlete quits sport over social media "cyberbullying". No... really.

SunnyD

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Methinks the proper solution is "don't log into twitter."

Obviously she cared more about "Likes" and "Retweets" than she did about winning anyway.

Meet Rebecca Marino, a 22-year-old Canadian tennis player who has been ranked as high as 38th in the world in women's professional tennis. Marino has a 150-107 record in her WTA career, with no wins and one runner-up back in 2011. This week, Marino announced that she would be retiring from professional tennis because she was struggling with all the online abuse she was getting from "fans" that berated her on social media.

Marino admitted during a conference call this week announcing her retirement that she has been battling depression for over six years and all the negative energy from the social media outlets just pushed her into a darker place instead of improving her outlook on life.

“Social media has also taken its toll on me," Marino said, saying that she would receive numerous tweets that tell her to "go die" and "go burn in hell" and even scold her for costing her money if people had bet on her during certain matches.

Basically Marino admitted that tennis wasn't fun for her anymore, and there is no point to continue something, even at such a high level, if it isn't fun.
I feel for people like Marino. Anyone in any public position is going to get flak from random people on the Internet (heck, even us writers get hundreds of comments on certain stories calling us out for being "idiots") and while some people can just brush it off, there is a large group of people that see that stuff and have a hard time looking past it. Imagine if you just lost some big match and the first thing you see is people scolding you and telling you to die? That wouldn't exactly be the warming blanket you were hoping for.

Personally, I'd just laugh at them and call them suckers.
 

waggy

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she's hot.

not everyone can let such stuff go. to some such stuff effects pretty bad. personally i wouldn't have anything if i couldn't handle it.
 
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If you care that deeply about what other people say about you over an anonymous forum like the internet, your priorities in life are completely fucked and you will be miserable forever. Life gets a lot better when you realize that you need to ignore the assholes.
 

JulesMaximus

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That really sucks. Honestly, who posts shit like that on a complete stranger's twitter anyway? Dickholes.

No reason she should quit though. Just cancel your twitter account.
 

KeithTalent

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Yeah they were showing this on the local news since she came from here and went to my school. It seems she had some sort of anxiety disorder or depression or something. It sucks that stupid assholes could have such an impact on someone's life just by posting anonymously; hopefully she can just delete her accounts an move on.

KT
 
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KB

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Leaving social media is the answer, but it sounds like her emotional issues don't have her thinking rationally. She does mention it wasn't fun anymore and that is the best reason to quit.
 

SunnyD

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Leaving social media is the answer, but it sounds like her emotional issues don't have her thinking rationally. She does mention it wasn't fun anymore and that is the best reason to quit.

But she did imply that it wasn't fun anymore BECAUSE of the social media issues...
 

Theb

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"I'm quitting tennis because I'm easily trolled."

Yes, all the cyber-bullies will certainly pack up and go home now.
 

sixone

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What kind of sick fuck tells someone to die or burn in hell over a tennis game? Grow up, already.
 

drebo

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If people are bugging you on Facebook, delete your facebook account. Problem solved.