Alan Is Good

In just five months, she gained over 2.1 million followers on Twitter.  Not nearly as impressive as @AlanIsGood, but not bad for a 16 year-old pop star.  For a time, things were good, but Miley decided to make like Trent Reznor and become a qwitter, even going one step further by actually deleting her account.

It’s always a party in the USA when you’re Miley, so she explains her decision via (drumroll) YouTube rap video.

(At the 0:58 mark she calls out ‘those lame guys from sites’ who make her tweets into news. . .   That’s not referring to me, because, well, it’s just not, Ok?)

It might not be as eloquent and thought-out as Trent Reznor’s explanation, but we get the message.  Her reasons for leaving Twitter aren’t very different from Reznor’s at all.  People would troll her pretty hard, making fun of her tweets about pimples, boys and her random emo quotes.  Reznor faced similar criticisms about his love life and other personal matters he believed in.

Some news sites suggest that Miley closed the account per her boyfriend’s request, which would take this whole thing to a whole different level of tween drama and love 2.0 commentary.  You have thousands of social media enthusiasts trying hard to create influential Twitter accounts, only to see Miley Cyrus finger-point type her way to 2 million followers in five months and then delete the account because her punk kid boyfriend thinks its a good idea.  Like most girls her age, she’s more inclined to listen to her boyfriend than to daddy, who wants her to stay.

I know there’s a joke somewhere in there using that ‘Ready, Set, Don’t Go’ song they sing together, but I’m not terribly familiar with the lyrics.

More Than Just ‘The Climb,’ Miley

Deleting one of the most influential Twitter accounts in existence for something so trivial (see: any of the above reasons and rumors) is tremendously wasteful and selfish.  We are not going to miss her bubbly tweets and sickeningly cute updates, but its undeniable that her account had potential to do some good.

Many celebs and super Twitter account holders are channeling at least some of their influence toward things that actually matter: charitable fundraising efforts and increasing awareness on critical issues.

Being a celebrity comes with a very high level of responsibility and some even argue a debt to society.  No, you don’t deserve millions of dollars.  You sing and dance.  Engineers and doctors are saving lives and making the world a better place, and they won’t ever see that kind of money and fame.  You’re very talented, and you’ve played the game well, but it would be nice if you gave back to the world that has spoiled you rotten.  Deleting that powerful account on a whim was, like, so not cool.

One more thing:  stop stealing my pose, Miley.

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