Kanye West is not on Twitter. He never has been, he says he never will be and says he does not have the time.
But a fake Kanye managed to pose of West and find hundreds of thousands of followers.Here is how Kanye told the story in his blog, caps and all. I’ll let you do you own translation.
DON’T HAVE A F****** 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 F****** 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 F****** 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!!!!!!!!!”
He does make a good point though. Anyone can be anyone else on Twitter. Fake nicks have flooded the site.
When Chris Brown slapped the bejesus out of Rihanna, a fake Chris Brown was on Twitter talking all about it.
Whoopi Goldberg is another critic of Twitter. When the founders faced her on The View last week, she asked how fans would know if the star they thought they were twittering to was real. Their answer “the wouldn’t”.
Twitter won’t last long. It is already proving to be a flash in the pan. More than 60% of Twitter visitors do not return in the following month.
What is it good for? A bit of fun maybe, an easy way to spam. Will Twitter be talked about 3 years from now? Not likely.
