Irish singer Sinead O'connor has quit Twitter after being abused by her followers on the microblogging site.
'I've stopped Twitter now because, although it was fun for a while, I had to stop because I was getting too much abuse. Some people just take things so seriously, and things I was being funny about they would take terribly seriously,' femalefirst.co.uk quoted the 44-year-old as saying.
'Plus, it's a bit of an addiction; you got to stop it at some point and get on with living,' she added.
In September this year, 'Nothing Compares 2 U' hitmaker posted a message which suggested that she was feeling suicidal. She later assured fans she had no plans to take her