Five million followers will miss the tweets of one @zaynmalik. One Direction member Zayn Malik has not only cut down on his Twitter posts, but decided to deactivate his account all together--but not before giving his fans an explanation.
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Before pulling the plug on his account, Malik wrote, "The reason i don't tweet as much as i use to, is because I'm sick of all the useless opinions and hate that i get daily goodbye twitter :) My fans that have something nice to say can tweet me on the one direction account , :) x"
Zayn isn't the first from the One Direction family to ditch Twitter -- well, kinda.
Harry Styles' rumored girlfriend Emma Ostilly said goodbye to the Twittersphere in April after being on the receiving end of some fan backlash and hate tweets.
Update, Aug. 23, 12:30 p.m. ET: Malik rejoined Twitter on Thursday, Aug. 23. "Sorry, I was getting some abuse on twitter but I dont want to let my fans down," the One Direction member tweeted. "So I am back!! :) x"
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