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Six months ago the pop music world came to a screeching halt when Miley Cyrus decided to say good-bye to her 2 million Twitter followers. Now, in the media and marketing world we live in today that’s a lot of eyeballs, fans and potential consumers of your music to walk away from, but in a recent interview with mtv.com Miley explains why she made this decision.
I was kind of tired of telling everyone what I’m doing. I hate when I read things and celebrities are complaining like, ‘I have no personal life.’ I’m like, well, that’s because you write everything that you’re doing.
Miley said that she realized the only person she was hurting by tweeting every moment of her life was herself.
So I was that person who was like, ‘I’m so sad. I have no real, normal life. Everyone knows what I’m doing.’ And I’m like, well that’s my own fault because I’m telling everyone. And then I’d tweet, ‘I’m here,’ and I’d wonder why a thousand fans are outside the restaurant. Well, hello, I just told them. So I’m just, like, kind of thinking it doesn’t really make a lot of sense. Everything I’m saying is not really going with what I’m putting on the Internet.
Miley explained the benefits of not constantly being on the Internet…
I’m a lot less on my phone, I’m a little bit more social. I have a lot more real friends as opposed to friends who are on the Internet who I’m talking to — which is like not cool, not safe, not fun and most likely not real. I think everything is just better when you’re not so wrapped up in [the Internet].
Miley added…
I just think it’s kind of lame. I feel like I hang out with my friends and they’re so busy taking pictures of what they’re doing and putting them on Facebook that they’re not really enjoying what they’re doing. You’re going to look back and have a million pictures, but you’re not going to be in any of them. Because you’re not having fun, you’re too busy clicking away. So I think, just enjoy the moment you’re in, and stop telling people about it. Just enjoy it.
And what advice does she have for other teens wrapped up in their online life? Well, simply to get offline and get outside.
I’m telling kids, don’t go on the Internet, it’s dangerous, it’s not fun, it wastes your life. And you should be outside playing sports or something.
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Something else I like about Miley, she’s smart and makes a whole lotta sense! I SO hope she keeps her feet on the ground.