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You would think that as one of the stars of the new Ghostbusters, Saturday Night Live cast member Leslie Jones would be basking in the spotlight and enjoying her status as an up and coming comedian on the rise. Thanks to online negativity, though: not so much. Jones spent her Monday being assaulted on Twitter with hundreds of sexist and racist comments directed at her.

“I feel like I’m in a personal hell,” Jones tweeted. “I didn’t do anything to deserve this. It’s just too much. It shouldn’t be like this. So hurt right now.”

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She shared several of the offensive messages she was receiving, asking her fans and followers to help report them. Several users even went as far as creating fake Leslie Jones profiles to spew homophobic remarks in her name.

Jones called out the team behind the social network to devise stricter rules and guidelines when it comes to online abuse, writing, “Stop letting the ignorant people be the loud ones.”