It seems like just about everybody has hopped on the Twitter gravy train: Ashton Kutcher has nearly three million followers, Mariah Carey breaks news about herself on it and people like Katy Perry and Justin Timberlake have turned it into an experiment in artist/fan interaction. But not everybody is entirely sold on the greatness of Twitter. Trent Reznor, a first-adopter who initially embraced the service and updated it often, has turned his back on it, completely scrapping his account (though he had "quit" in the past only to return a few days later). Kid Rock has yet to embrace the microblogging system and has gone on the offensive about it.
"[Twitter] is gay," the "All Summer Long" and "Picture" rocker told Rolling Stone. "If one more person asks me if I have a Twitter, I'm going to tell them, 'Twitter this s---, motherf-----.'" Rock clearly questions the usefulness of the service and prefers to reserve his thoughts for his songs. "I don't have anything to say, and what I have to say is not that relevant. Anything that is relevant, I'm going to bottle it up and then squeeze it onto a record somewhere."
Of course, Kid Rock's lack of a Twitter account has kept the door open for impostors, some of whom keep hilarious Rock-based feeds. This account seems more focused on UFC fights and regularly tweets spam messages (it seems highly unlikely that the real Kid Rock would tweet, "30 Million Singles At AdultFriendFinder, Join Today"). Meanwhile, this short-lived account consists of completely benign messages about how much "Rock" doesn't want to work. The most convincing one is this fake account, which does its best to capture Rock's particular tone and plugs his tour dates and his new beer.
So will Rock's incendiary statement spark any beef — perhaps with fellow Detroit native and active Twitter user Eminem? And couldn't Rock have come up with a better diss than an off-color, juvenile taunt?