Prior to hopping off the Twitter bandwagon in mid-September, John Mayer frequently shared 140 character musings to his 3.7 million followers. Mayer’s abrupt departure from the popular micro-sharing site left many scratching their noggins and wondering what other man whorish, face-making, guitar-strummin’ crooner could fill the void left by the “Gravity” singer. Thus far, none of Mayer’s contemporaries have stepped up to fill his tweeting (often foot in mouth) shoes, but now we know a little bit more about why Mayer quit Twitter.
Mayer shared his thoughts on abandoning the Twittosphere in a blog post which, in short, dismisses social media as a sharing medium devoid of “lasting art.”
“It occurred to me that since the invocation of Twitter, nobody who has participated in it has created any lasting art. And yes! Yours truly is included in that roundup as well.”
“Has any artist, since they’ve begun to give you daily insights into their life created their best work yet? Are the best writers of our time on Twitter?”
“Those who decide to remain offline will make better work than those online. Why? Because great ideas have to gather. They have to pass the test of withstanding thirteen different moods, four different months and sixty different edits. Anything less is day trading. You can either get a bunch of mentions now or change someone’s life next year.”Full story at USA Today.
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