Ruben Selles admits more needs to be done to protect people on social media, joining the growing group of voices for those in charge to put stronger blocks in place to weed out abuse.

Hull City head coach Selles was speaking to Hull Live about the abuse winger Abu Kamara received in the aftermath of Wednesday night's 1-0 defeat to Middlesbrough, which was followed up by a congratulatory message to one of his friends, a former teammate at Portsmouth, on Instagram.

Kamara fronted up to the media ahead of Saturday's 3-3 draw with Leeds United, apologising for the timing of the post. His actions angered a small section of supporters, given the manner of Boro's winning goal, which saw Kamara criticised for his perceived lack of effort in tracking back Delano Burgzorg.

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The winger responded in stunning fashion by scoring two, the first coming after five minutes when he brilliantly lobbed Illan Meslier to give the Tigers the lead, and then his thumping volley rescued a point in the 90th minute after City fought back from 3-1 down to snatch a deserved point against the league leaders.

"My experience with social media is that everything is out of proportion," the Spaniard told Hull Live. "My wife worked in social media and I've been exposed more than enough in those situations. We don't work enough to create platforms for players like Abu, who are starting a playing career in professional football, to manage those moments.

"Unfortunately, sometimes you need to learn in the hardest way possible. He just wanted to send a message to a friend but it became a question about his loyalty to the club, his loyalty to the fans, his position in the squad, his involvement in the team.

"It's a platform that can be really dangerous if you don't navigate it... I won't say in the proper way because no one knows what that is, but it can just take that kind of comment to put it out of proportion and create situations like this one."

For his part, Kamara says has not considered coming off social media, but understands the perils associated with a footballer being open to abuse from members of the public. He admits the whole episode has taught him a valuable lesson about how dangerous it can be.

"No, it doesn't make me think that, but this situation has just taught me that you have to be more careful with when you post stuff or what you post," he added.