Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Steve Smith decided to stop tweeting, saying Thursday that he wanted to get away from the negativity of social media.

“I’d kill you on Twitter, so I had to stop,” he said. “Somebody said something inappropriate to me, my wife said I wasn’t being a very good example for my kids.”

Smith has more than 92,000 followers of @89SteveSmith. He last tweeted on Oct. 6.

“At the end of the day, what’s on my Twitter feed and what’s going on with the world, I don’t think that should be on the same level,” Smith said.

Smith will continue to use the account for marketing.

“Internet courage is like a Cover 2 corner,” Smith said. “When you got safety over the top, you feel better about yourself. You got that one-on-one coverage, you back off a little bit. That’s how I look at Twitter.”