The Celebrity Craze With Twitter

The Intellect is the one to blame for my newest addiction, Twitter. When she first explained the concept of Twitter, I couldn't understand why anyone would want to sit around on a site where all you do is update what you are doing via status updates. After, being on Twitter for about 2 days, I started updating and now for some odd reason; I'm addicted. Hence, my twitter follower on the side of YGT. It's something about the efficiency of merely updating your statuses during what some would call the busy days and long nights of a college student. Well, I recently Google(d) Twitter and found this very interesting article written by Lane Brown for NY Mag about media-mogul, Diddy and his infatuation with Twitter.

Maybe! Earlier this week, Techcrunch's Brian Solis wondered if Facebook status updates and Twitter feeds haven't usurped some of the blogosphere's authority. As a happily employed blogger too lazy to Tweet more than once every three days, we laughed and laughed. But now we're starting to worry he might be right — when was the last time you read Kanye's blog? And are you following Diddy's Twitter?

If you were, you'd already know that in the past couple weeks Diddy has:

• Tweeted live during a tantric sex session (on the exact same day he reportedly hosted a Rihanna–Chris Brown reunion in his home).

• Taken a bubble bath while holding an Oscar.

• Enjoyed a ride in a stolen car with Jonah Hill and Hype Williams.

• Tweeted in memory of Notorious B.I.G. on the twelve-year anniversary of his murder.

• Joined Jay Electronica in a 48-hour spiritual fast during which he could drink only juice.

As longtime fans of the Internet are well aware, batshit-crazy rap-mogul lifecasting was formerly the exclusive domain of Kanye West, whose once-revolutionary blog has covered such varied and exciting topics as puppetry, tea sets, and the latest innovations in bathroom faucetry — but when was the last time it felt vital? Sure, Kanye blogged right through two arrests recently — but those were months apart and last year! And, seriously, how long has it been since he posted an all-caps rant about something completely trivial? We can't even remember!

Meanwhile Diddy — who evidently never sleeps — has been delivering every day without fail, often several times per hour. It's not like we'd ever unsubscribe from Kanye's RSS or anything, but we hope he knows he needs to step it up — the future of the blogosphere may depend on it.

Well, YGT you got it here first! Twitter is on the rise, if you have Twitter or you're considering creating one make sure you add me so that we can Twitter together.

That is all,
The Fashion Connoisseur