QPR defender and BT Sports Ambassador Rio Ferdinand has had a long standing interest in social media and at today's Web Summit, the former England captain opened up about his use of Twitter and spoke about dispelling perceptions about himself.
After speaking at the Sports Summit, Ferdinand sat down for a chat with Off The Ball's Nathan Murphy...
During his talk on stage with ESPN's Jeremy Schaap at the Sports Summit, Ferdinand also gave an anecdote about the aggression and force of will imposed by his former Manchester United team-mate Roy Keane and his ex-manager Alex Ferguson...
Ferdinand is about to begin serving a three-match FA ban for a tweet he sent and he also touched on that, explaining the risk of interacting with fans and followers online from his experience...
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