Where did all the haters come from? | Edward Collier

Why are there vast numbers of vitriolic people online, venting spleen at baffling targets like Coldplay?I can't remember where I was when I first came across the word "hater", but I know what I was doing – I was looking at the comments on a YouTube page. At first I couldn't grasp its utility and, what's more, in terms of English usage, it narked me in the same way as the peculiarly prepositioned question, "Are you digging on me?" in Joss Stone's song, Super Duper Love.Nowadays, I can't imagine...

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