Kanye West is furious that Twitter is allowing a poser to post updates under his name, and rightfully so. Kanye posted an angry rant about it, and this is not the first time that the confident rapper has addressed Twitter rumors either.
Twitter is ridiculously easy to sign up for. It takes all of 2 minutes tops and they make no effort to verify if celebrities really are who they say they are. Something should be done about it. Kanye is right about Twitter and wanting his privacy. Seriously. If I were a celebrity I wouldn't let the world know when I'm taking a shit and who I hung out with last night, I would just start a gossip blog instead.
Check out his rant after the jump
Kanye blogged:
“I don’t have a fucking Twitter… why would I use Twitter??? I only blog 5 per cent 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 (sic) 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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May 13th, 2009 4:52 PM
Kanye has a legitimate reason to be annoyed. Nobody would like impostors posting details of their latest happenings, etc., under their own rightful names. Twitter and MySpace (anyone remember that site?) are similiar in that anyone can establish an account with anonymity, without having much to be concerned about any consequences. Facebook has safeguards as far as verifying celebs' actual identifies for its fan pages, so why can't Twitter do the same too?
As of late, I have come to the conclusion that Twitter really is pointless and such a waste of time in the grand scheme of things, but that's a different issue though..
May 13th, 2009 6:26 PM
Too right Craigmackk - it would annoy the crap out of me, especially if the fake skank had the nerve to not be funny and entertain the followers they stole from me. Ick.
May 13th, 2009 10:36 PM
@Amy - Agreed! I can not even begin to imagine how celebrities deal with their identities being used without their consent on these types of websites.