A little over a week ago Kanye West called out Twitter on his blog, complaining about someone having a fake Kanye West account. After reading his post I was like wow….what an idiot. Before I go into that here is his post…
“(This spaz comes courtesy of losers making fake Kanye West Twitter accounts) I DON’T HAVE A FUCKING TWITTER… WHY WOULD I USE TWITTER??? I ONLY BLOG 5 PERCENT OF WHAT I’M UP TO IN THE FIRST PLACE. I’M ACTUALLY SLOW DELIVERING CONTENT BECAUSE I’M TOO BUSY ACTUALLY BUSY BEING CREATIVE MOST OF THE TIME AND IF I’M NOT AND I’M JUST LAYING ON A BEACH I WOULDN’T TELL THE WORLD. EVERYTHING THAT TWITTER OFFERS I NEED LESS OF. THE PEOPLE AT TWITTER KNOW I DON’T HAVE A FUCKING TWITTER SO FOR THEM TO ALLOW SOMEONE TO POSE AS ME AND ACCUMULATE OVER A MILLION NAMES IS IRRESPONSIBLE AND DECEITFUL TO THERE FAITHFUL USERS. REPEAT… THE HEADS OF TWITTER KNEW I DIDN’T HAVE A TWITTER AND THEY HAVE TO KNOW WHICH ACCOUNTS HAVE HIGH ACTIVITY ON THEM. IT’S A FUCKING FARCE AND IT MAKES ME QUESTION WHAT OTHER SO CALLED CELEBRITY TWITTERS ARE ACTUALLY REAL OR FAKE. HEY TWITTER, TAKE THE SO CALLED KANYE WEST TWITTER DOWN NOW …. WHY? … BECAUSE MY CAPS LOCK KEY IS LOUD!!!!!!!!!”
Well as you can see Kanye is quite mad, but for what reason? First off he calls out the “heads” of twitter and blames them for the fake account. Kanye I’m pretty sure the “heads” of twitter are more concerned about making the service scale and work right rather then who is making fake celebrity accounts.
Kanye also asks, “Why would I use Twitter???”. Well Kayne if you didn’t know twitter is a FREE marketing tool for you and a great way for you to connect with you fans (if you even care about them). I’m sure you know about marketing Kayne, since you require me to fill out a long form just so I can post a comment on your blog. And I’m pretty sure I will get an e-mail from you announcing your tour dates or new cd or something like that since I filled out the form. Wouldn’t you like to be able to send out that message to hundreds of thousands of twitter users as well? Other artist have a great following on twitter (@iamdiddy,@coldplay, @50cent) and I’m sure with as many followers as they have it has helped them in some way.
Kanye also says that we wouldn’t tell the world what he is up to. This is the common perception of twitter that people have, it is not just status updates! It is marketing, link sharing, a meeting place, etc. I use twitter as a marketing tool as well as a way to let everyone know what I’m up to. What’s on yout twitter account is up to you, so don’t complain about “telling the world”, because you don’t have to if you don’t want to.
Do you think Kanye would benefit from a Twitter account? Let me know if the comments! And remember to follow me on Twitter!