'Sing' sensation Ed Sheeran has confessed that he likes using social media to lurk in the background and to 'stalk' people, rather than use it for connections or publicity. 

During a new interview with E! Online, the hitmaker confessed that he likes being able to scroll through people's photos on Instagram without them knowing he's looking, but isn't so much a fan of Twitter:

"I like going to Instagram and, like, stalking, but I don't like going to Instagram and having everything there. Twitter's the worst because I followed so many people back in the day just to be polite all they do is retweet compliments... It's just all retweets!"

Sheeran joked that he only followed his own manager, Stuart Camp, on Instagram because he realised it caused him to gain more followers: "I only follow him because you have to follow someone to get followers. I didn't follow anyone and I was stuck on, like, 1.3 million...then I started following Stuart and it started going up again."

Last week, the 'Lego House' singer-songwriter admitted that while he's never truly happy with how he looks, he would never consider going under the knife because it's something he fears he might get addicted to: "I'm never happy with the way I look. Someone asked me the other day whether I'd get plastic surgery and the reason I wouldn't is because I'd try and change everything."

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