Greg O’Shea says the new Love Island social media rule will only delay the trolling

"It's kind of just delaying the inevitable."

Greg O'Shea has opened up on his thoughts about Love Island's new rule that bans families and friends of islanders from posting on social media on their behalf. The one-time winner of the dating show spoke to Her.ie about the upcoming series and gave his thoughts on the new ban that has been introduced. Typically, friends or family members take over the islanders' accounts and post on their behalf while they're in the villa, but that's not what will be happening for the upcoming winter season. They will now instead receive "guidance and training around mutually respective behaviour in relationships” following thousands of complaints earlier this year. All activity will be paused on social media and nobody will be allowed to post as them as a way to build their brands or help gather support. Greg said that while it temporarily may be a good thing, the trolling that comes with Love Island will still exist when the islanders leave the villa and it only serves to protect their loved ones. He told Her: "I only heard about this the other day. The trolling is going to happen anyway, so it's kind of just protecting the family and friends from the direct trolling. "Once the person comes out, and trolls want to get to them, they'll get to them. It's kind of just delaying the inevitable. "What I think it's going to do as well is, it's going to level the playing field. Certain islanders in the past have seen Love Island as a business opportunity and they've prepped loads of posts to upload as if they're on their Instagram while in the villa which has slingshotted them to stardom. So maybe it's leveling the playing field a little bit. "You're going in trying to find love and this as a business opportunity, you can deal with it after. I think that's going to be a nice positive of it. At least we know that it's going to help the family and friends in the short term."

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