Think before you tweet

The day before Lady Gaga's "ARTPOP" album was released she took to Twitter, full of bluster and importance, to announce that it was "a VERY important day for the 'resetting' of communication". She went on to say that people should "Protect their karma, spread love, and THINK before they tweet".

At around the same time, on her "little monsters" website, she endorsed a picture which urged Gaga fans to think before they speak. Asking the questions: Is it true? Does it help? Is it inspiring? Is it necessary? Is it kind? Ending with the #PromoteOnlineKindess hashtag.

Gaga appeared to like it, saying "this is amazon" (although to be honest she probably meant "amazing").

Later in November, she continued the theme, with another tweet. This one again stressing that you should #ThinkBeforeYouTweet, and that if we want the internet to remain a fun place for the world to connect, we must preserve it, and set an example for youth online.

Unfortunately, Lady Gaga doesn't seem able to practice what she preaches. On May the 8th 2014, she tweeted "It looks like green hair and mechanical horses are the thing now", obviously alluding to aspects of Katy Perry's "PRISMATIC" tour.

Was it inspiring?? Was it necessary?? Was it kind?? No, it wasn't - and went totally against "thinking before you tweet" and "promoting online kindness", not to mention "setting an example for youth online".

A few months later, in July 2014, Lady Gaga got her online knickers in a twist again, and this time dragged Madonna's fanbase into a situation that had absolutely NOTHING to do with them.

She posted a picture on Instagram, which was supposedly of the audience at her "ARTRAVE" tour.

In actual fact, the picture was from a Quebec music festival in 2011, but with a few added Instagram filters and effects.

The "Oh No They Didn't" blog called Lady Gaga up on this, and she didn't seem to like it at all. She responded with a retaliation tweet, and (even though it had nothing to do with them) for some reason she saw it fit to mention Madonna fans and bring them into it all.

She posted an actual picture of the ARTRAVE and tweeted, "Here's a proper pic. Maybe the Madonna fans on your site can use a microscope to count the fans" - and this, of course, caused further friction between the Lady Gaga & Madonna fanbases.

So was this inspiring?? Was this necessary?? Was this kind?? No, of course not. Yet again it was contradictory and hypocritical, and totally at odds to the message that Lady Gaga preaches to her fans.