Daley abused on Twitter after diving failure.

Skeeter · 31 Jul 2012 at 11:49

So if he had written hate mail or made threatening phone calls it would still have been acceptable?

Janesy B · 31 Jul 2012 at 11:54

It's unfortunate that a lot of twitter abuse goes unnoticed but when you start issuing death threats to someone that is very high profile it's going to attract a huge amount of attention. Hopefully he'll get the book thrown at him and it sends a big big message to anyone who thinks it's okay to send endless abuse and death threats to people regardless of profile.

It only takes a quick browse through his twitter feed to work out what am awful person the perpetrator is.

Skeeter · 31 Jul 2012 at 12:00

I think its more that there is just a general attitude that saying stuff like that is ok because "its only Twitter, lol!".

It doesn't help when people who threaten to blow up airports get let off either.

postbox · 31 Jul 2012 at 12:07

Delete Twitter account, get on with life, job done. Why on Earth professional athletes even bother with Twitter is baffling to me. Is it purely an ego trip or for promotion purposes?

FTM · 31 Jul 2012 at 12:11

theres one thing we can all agree on..he is a halfwit

even if we cannot agree he deserves to learn the consequences of his actions

JoeF1 · 31 Jul 2012 at 12:15

postbox said:
Delete Twitter account, get on with life, job done. Why on Earth professional athletes even bother with Twitter is baffling to me. Is it purely an ego trip or for promotion purposes?

Both.

All Twitter is, is a marketing tool... 99% of the celebs (well 20% rest have people tweet for them) are fake.. They dont post true feelings etc. The 1% mainly Ricky Gervais posts exactly what he thinks... How twitter should be. Not the typical celeb saying they use a 'bargain' shampoo...LIES lol.

Firestar_3x · 31 Jul 2012 at 12:16

postbox said:
Delete Twitter account, get on with life, job done. Why on Earth professional athletes even bother with Twitter is baffling to me. Is it purely an ego trip or for promotion purposes?

They use it as a tool to promote themselves, in addition it makes the fans feel more connected and in touch and 'valued' by the celebs.

In a media hungry world it's perfect.

Freddie1980 · 31 Jul 2012 at 13:25

Some people really shouldn't be allowed near the internet but was this much worse this what Frankie Boyle said about Rebeca Adllinton?

Yas786 · 31 Jul 2012 at 13:27

Robbo said:
Come at me.

Your sounding like Cheets64 now

...he would come out with rubbish like that.

Hmmm Robbo taking over Cheets mantle now lol.

Flibster · 31 Jul 2012 at 13:28

Are the police going to investigate all the threats that the numpty received with the same vigour?

Of course not...

Good job we don't have a right to free speech in the country.

Pigeon_Killer · 31 Jul 2012 at 13:28

Freddie1980 said:
Some people really shouldn't be allowed near the internet but was this much worse this what Frankie Boyle said about Rebeca Adllinton?

Personal insult vs a death threat? Both cowardly but only one is an offence.

Firestar_3x · 31 Jul 2012 at 13:35

Flibster said:
Good job we don't have a right to free speech in the country.

I'm going to run down the high street in a second racially abusing everyone

This has nothing to do with freedom of speech.

ElliorR · 31 Jul 2012 at 13:43

Flibster said:
Good job we don't have a right to free speech in the country.

We all do but we all have to be wary of the consequences that may come with what we say.

Danthus · 31 Jul 2012 at 13:45

Pigeon_Killer said:
Personal insult vs a death threat? Both cowardly but only one is an offence.

But he hasn't been arrested for making a death threat.

Freddie1980 · 31 Jul 2012 at 13:46

Pigeon_Killer said:
Personal insult vs a death threat? Both cowardly but only one is an offence.

Death threat? I must have missed that comment, I was comparing the troll comment saying that Tom had letting down his father.

Marmot · 31 Jul 2012 at 13:52

He tweeted that he was going to drown Daley in the pool.

Danthus · 31 Jul 2012 at 14:00

Osprey said:
He tweeted that he was going to drown Daley in the pool.

And as I have said earlier he has not been arrested for threatening to kill Daley.

Andy · 31 Jul 2012 at 14:57

Aww, did the big bad words hurt his feewings?

Danthus · 31 Jul 2012 at 15:01

Andy said:
Aww, did the big bad words hurt his feewings?

There was absolutely no need to mention his dead father.

Pigeon_Killer · 31 Jul 2012 at 15:01

Andy said:
Aww, did the big bad words hurt his feewings?

Given he only lost his dad a year ago I'd imagine so :confused: