Celebrities Use Twitter for Rant-Casting

Celebrity rant-casting on Twitter may or may not be a ploy for more attention. Maybe they see it as a safe way to express their grievances. Does the world care?

In the early days of Twitter’s rise to popularity there was a debate over it’s use for what people referred to as mindcasting. Many content producers settled on using Twitter as a syndication engine. In fact, it seems to be a favorite use of Twitter for celebrities. Or maybe we should call it rant-casting.

Lady Gaga took to Twitter when she decided to speak out about the critique of her new single “Applause.” Adam Levine did the same to express his disdain for Gaga.

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