Twitter Quitters Give Up Social Media Before Intense Competition
Posted in: Internet Use/New Technologies at 03/06/2012 14:32
Olympic freestyle swimmer Rebecca Adlington's decision to cut ties with the Twitterverse during the Summer Olympic Games so she can avoid morons and trolls is an increasingly common decision by elite athletes who find it necessary to unplug during high-level competition.
The 23-year-old Briton, who won two gold medals in Beijing and is expected to repeat her performance in London, says she simply doesn't want to deal with the stress and distraction of negative comments -- which typically have little to do with her performance in the pool -- and the impact they have on her psyche.
http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/06/athletes-quit-twitter/
