John Mayer won't tweet, don't ask

John Mayer finally took to his blog to explain why he decided to leave Twitter and his 3.7 million followers behind last month. But, once again, Mayer takes his argument too far.

"It occurred to me that since the invocation of Twitter, nobody who has participated in it has created any lasting art," he writes. "And yes! Yours truly is included in that roundup as well. Let me make sure that statement is as absolute and irrevocable as possible by buzzing your tower one more time: no artwork created by someone with a healthy grasp of social media thus far has proven to be anything other than disposable."

(Mayer may have changed his mind about his overreaching thoughts, however. His post is now mysteriously missing from his blog.)

Perhaps Mayer hasn't followed these artists:

n Kanye West has seemingly been able to balance tweeting and creating "lasting art" - at least that's what it seems like, judging from the early releases of his forthcoming album.

• Erykah Badu has tweeted all sorts of personal details, including the birth of her daughter last year, while she worked on the excellent "New Ameryhkah Part Two: Return of the Ankh."