At ET 40 Under Forty awards, Harsh Goenka regrets being Twitter-happy!

The prolific tweeter revealed regretted posting 'several' tweets.

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To be on social media is to invite admiration as well as hostility.

Harsh Goenka, a prolific tweeter, knows this well. During last year’s IPL, the RPG Enterprises chairman faced vicious 140-character arrows from fans of MS Dhoni after he praised a performance of Steve Smith.

At the ET 40 Under Forty awards in Mumbai, Goenka was asked if there were any tweets he regretted. “Several,” he admitted.


It hasn’t stopped him from tweeting, though, and dealing with whatever comes his way — bouncers or bouquets.
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