2009 seems to be the year of celebrity deaths: MJ, Keith Floyd, DJ AM, Patrick Swayze etc, but I guess the effect of their deaths had been multiplied with the onset of Twitter’s insane popularity. Nothing is sacred anymore. Death has become a popularity contest!

The reasons many people use Twitter is to stay on top of current events, and what better way to flaunt Twitter’s amazing “trendy” topics is when someone famous dies. You hear it on Twitter and then it spreads to Facebook where your uncool non-Twitter friends reside. Then it spreads to all other inferior networks like Myspazzzzz. Gasp, you could even text someone to tell the news.

Suddenly your death “indie” cred rises. You’re now cool among your friends, because when you see them the day after, everyone will be talking about “celebrity death/suicide” and you’ll be going, “Well I heard that like 2… no… 5 HOURS before everyone else knew. 5 HOURS!”

Thus, if you’re a celeb now and you die, you’re bound to have a highly publicized death thanks to Twitter and don’t forget, people will brag when they first heard you die.

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Tags: Death, indie, Micheal Jackson, Twitter
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