Why Miley Cyrus Should Not Have Quit Twitter

Miley goes quitter on twitter

I will admit, I did not know Miley Cyrus was even on twitter to begin with, as I personally am not on it to follow celebrities  nor am I her demographic.  I only heard that Miley was on it when I just learned she quit today,as it hit several news outlets.  I never saw a tweet from her, but Im guessing by other celebrity tweets, that she probably tweeted about what she was doing.  She released a rap video explaining her abrupt departure of the medium citing her twitter feed feeding tabloids with more salacious details to write about.

Was this the right Move?

I can personally understand her decision, however, I think she is wrong for leaving twitter and her 2 million fans.  Why?  This is the one (perhaps facebook can be in this category) medium that has actually transcended and has the ability to manage traditional media.  Twitter gives high profile entities an opportunity to set the record straight, manage bad publicity, their brand, and become the source of breaking news pertaining to them.

Twitter is a double edged sword, you can either feed the rumors, or you can manage and dampen them.  Celebrities should be aware of how powerful this tool is for them and use their tweets to manage what is being said about them.   If they also want to tweet out personal details, that is their personal decision.  If Miley was my client, I’d have a talk with her.

3 Responsesto “Why Miley Cyrus Should Not Have Quit Twitter”

1. Noodles McIntosh says:

   October 10, 2009 at 8:11 pm

   I say she made the wrong move. Although…I think this was all a stunt. $100 says she goes back on by the end of the month.

   heh.

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2. Ruben Quinones says:

   October 11, 2009 at 4:37 pm

   That is true, it did bring some news. Im assuming she can easily get her 2 million fans back in a heartbeat, unlike the rest of us.

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3. Noodles McIntosh says:

   October 11, 2009 at 8:22 pm

   I suppose she could get her fans back, but who in their right minds would listen to her? I guess I’m becoming an ol’ fogie. Some call it a generational gap. heh. I don’t see the merit, but then again what do I know? lol.

   You do raise the specter of the invisible concept of following and its inherit and indirect (yet blazingly obvious to us tech folk) aspect of link building and networking.

   The world is getting smaller and smaller.

   I have a deep feeling we are going to see a whole bunch of these networks absorbed within a few years time into a giant connection source where search/blogging/living are all 1 in the same.

   Call it Searcloglive. heh.

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