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Me, Lee and me, Neil.
Hello.
What's the matter with you, Lee?
You're upset.
I can tell.
It's about my social media profiles.
Neil, some people keep posting negative messages all the time on my pages, no matter what I write.
It's not that they disagree with what I post, they just criticize everything, even when they don't give a proper reason.
Don't worry, Lee.
They might be what people are calling haters.
Haters?
Yes, I've heard this word before.
The verb to hate means to strongly dislike something, doesn't it?
Yes.
And the word hater has been used to describe someone who says
or writes unpleasant things about others or criticises their achievements,
especially on the Internet.