Why Twitter Must Be Stopped

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Scott Jennings| 21 Comments

Kanye West tweets.

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  • http://www.popehat.com Ken

    I like the one where he’s mad because he can’t get a Persian rug with a cherub theme.

  • http://trollshaman.blogspot.com Klepsacovic

    I first saw this post from you tweeting it.  This must mean something.

  • Tox

    He does say smart things though. Kanye’s words is wisdom, yo!
     
    The comments from fans on his sofa are just… “wow, these people must think Ikea is high-end.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000702693458 Brad Lawrence

    I really wish you hadn’t linked to that furniture, I think I almost had a seizure. I’m pretty sure I threw up in my mouth a little.

  • Gx1080

    Nice sofa. I liked it.

  • http://twitter.com/mandrill Keith

    So he really is a shallow and dumb as he seems? Thats useful information right there, and for this twitter should be thanked.

  • http://twitter.com/independentcrtr Matthew Franklin

    Kanye’s the best feed on twitter, hands down. “No more drunk tweets” is followed by tweets in Swedish is followed 6 hours later by “I have no idea what these swedish tweets mean” and “hangovers ain’t good man”. He was on a roll last night.
    Sorry @jonjones, you have to step up your game. :)

  • Freakazoid

    I like the sofa, but it doesn’t fit the room. Needs an actual color for the walls, large carpet, a wicker chair with a tall and wide back, a swag lamp, a couple fake plants and a lava lamp. It’d be his own personal time machine!

  • http://twitter.com/notoneofus Damien Domeika

    Classical music is indeed tight, yo.

  • http://www.mmomisanthrope.wordpress.com Dblade

    Twitter must continue, so I may get my daily news tidbits from Ceiling Cat and Will Smith.

  • Tox

    @kanyewest – 7,488 posts/day
    @justinbieber – 3,312 posts/day
    @aplusk – 1,240.8 posts/day
    @britneyspears – 1,207.2 posts/day
    @guykawasaki – 926.4 posts/day
    @conanobrien – 424.8 posts/day
    @therealcliffyb – 324 posts/day
    @wilw – 321.6 posts/day
    @cuppy – 10.9 posts/day
    me – 3.9 posts/day
    @raphkoster – 3.8 posts/day
    @lum_ – 3.3 posts/day

    I know @guykawasaki and @britneyspears have ghostwriters. I didn’t think @therealcliffyb and @wilw would have ghostwriters, but if these stats are any indication, they most likely do. Thousands? Definitely. (Data from Icerocket.)

  • Not One Of Us

    Those stats can’t be right.  Conan posts only about twice a day.

  • Not One Of Us

    Sorry, ONCE a day.  He keeps a good schedule.

  • Tox

    Sorry, I misinterpreted the stat. The above list is of posts/day TO or ABOUT the respective user.
    I just calculated the actual posts/day for most of the Top 1000 most followed users. @foxnews (#643) is at the top of the list with 116.53 posts/day and @joseares (#603) is at the bottom with 0.01 posts/day. (The ranks are a bit bollocks since suspended bots are still listed in the Top 1000 table.)

  • Tox

    Here are these users’ posts per day.

    @guykawasaki – 59.58 posts/day
    @kanyewest – 55.33 posts/day
    @aplusk – 10.3 posts/day
    @justinbieber – 9.04 posts/day
    @wilw – 8.35 posts/day
    @britneyspears – 0.61 posts/day
    @conanobrien – 0.19 posts/day

    If @kanyewest keeps up his current rate, he will be keeping pace with @guykawasaki. Also, apparently, tweet frequency is irrelevant to follower count. The same is probably true of blogs despite what some “experts” claim.

  • Not Richard Garriott

    About as deep and engaging as your usual geldonyetich post.

  • http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com geldonyetich

    I was wondering how long it’d take for somebody to put a boot in somebody else without my even being on the thread.

  • Stormwaltz

    I haven’t had broadcast/cable TV for a year. Therefore it came as a surprise to find out that the Twitter feed “Shit My Dad Says” has been turned into sitcom starring William Shatner.

  • Vetarnias

    The comments from fans on his sofa are just… “wow, these people must think Ikea is high-end.”
     
    “But it’s imported! From Sweden!”  (Come to think of it, this sounds like a line from “Keeping Up Appearances”.)
     
    I know @guykawasaki and @britneyspears have ghostwriters.
     
    Apart from (insert random remark on the decline and fall of western civilization), I’m sure that must make a great entry on someone’s resumé.

  • http://moondustwriter.com Moondustwriter

    @guykawasaki has a ghost writer??? No fair. He didn’t ask me

  • http://Website mcl

    Huff Post matching KW Tweets with New Yorker cartoons:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/03/kanye-west-new-yorker_n_668894.html#s122608