It’s not even a battle against Walmart or retailers supposedly not storing his “Graffiti” album CDs on the shelves. No, this title bout is simply: Chris Brown vs. Chris Brown.
Twitter followers/fans felt Chris’s anger, frustration and pain a few days ago as he lashed out at Walmart for his apparent slow sales of his December 8th release of his Graffiti album. Unfortunately Brown’s fury over lagging first week sales have lead him to become a “Twitter Quitter.” He deleted his account. All 172,000+ of his fans and followers gone. Poof, just like that.
Many praised the decision for the exodus as this wasn’t the only time Chris has publicly displayed his somewhat immaturity. Twitter is powerful, it’s a superb online marketing platform that most users do not understand and a tool that many celebrities take lightly. Did the Brown camp insist Brown quit Twitter because it was hurting his image? Probably. Do I think he should’ve kept his Twitter account?
As Chris would say…definitely.
However, the Brown camp should have stepped in earlier, encouraging him to hold off on tweeting as much, at least all the negative stuff. Probably an impossible feat because Twitter’s main purpose is to allow everyone, including celebs, the freedom to express themselves. Unfortunately, if you’re a multi-platinum selling recording artist like Chris Brown, rants on Twitter can come back to haunt you–especially when you’re supposed to be improving your image.
Interestingly enough, Chris was actually becoming more popular on Twitter as of late, averaging over 1,600 new followers/fans everyday. That’s incredible. That’s business. 1600 new followers a day equals 1600 potential album sales. And future album sales at that.
Finally, maybe Chris became a Twitter Quitter on his own accord. The kid’s got pressure on ‘em, that’s for sure, and that’s understandable. But that’s what he is right now, a kid. The boy’s only 20 and obviously has a lot of growing up to do.
His current perceived dilemma is definitely good for him, humbling in fact. Hopefully this incident will allow him to grow into the man that he’s supposed to be. I think he’ll be around for a long time. Hopefully he’ll me back on Twitter one day soon as well.
Note: This story is not one-sided. Please see my companion article entitled: Chris Brown and Rihanna: Fair and Balanced
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Yeah. Twitter isn't for everybody. If you don't know how to carry yourself in public, either hire a ghostwriter or get off the service entirely.
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