Kanye joins Twitter one year after saying It's basically the most useless thing on earth

The Internet has been ablaze with news of Kanye West joining Twitter in the midst of his bizarre social networking tour. The rapper stopped by Facebook headquarters on Tuesday and delivered an impromptu performance of new material, followed by an appearance at Twitter's office in San Francisco to pow wow with employees.

West's new Twitter account has amassed nearly a quarter-million followers in the last day, and has sparked multiple trending topics thus far. This is a complete 180 degree turn from last year when Kanye all but declared Twitter the most useless thing on the planet. Take a look at Yeezy's rant from May 13th, 2009:

"DON'T HAVE A F---ING TWITTER... WHY WOULD I USE TWITTER??? I ONLY BLOG 5 PERCENT OF WHAT I'M UP TO IN THE FIRST PLACE. I'M ACTUALLY SLOW DELIVERING CONTENT BECAUSE I'M TOO BUSY ACTUALLY BUSY BEING CREATIVE MOST OF THE TIME AND IF I'M NOT AND I'M JUST LAYING ON A BEACH I WOULDN'T TELL THE WORLD. EVERYTHING THAT TWITTER OFFERS I NEED LESS OF. THE PEOPLE AT TWITTER KNOW I DON'T HAVE A F---ING TWITTER SO FOR THEM TO ALLOW SOMEONE TO POSE AS ME AND ACCUMULATE OVER A MILLION NAMES IS IRRESPONSIBLE AND DECEITFUL TO THERE FAITHFUL USERS. REPEAT... THE HEADS OF TWITTER KNEW I DIDN'T HAVE A TWITTER AND THEY HAVE TO KNOW WHICH ACCOUNTS HAVE HIGH ACTIVITY ON THEM. IT'S A F---ING FARCE AND IT MAKES ME QUESTION WHAT OTHER SO CALLED CELEBRITY TWITTERS ARE ACTUALLY REAL OR FAKE. HEY TWITTER, TAKE THE SO CALLED KANYE WEST TWITTER DOWN NOW... WHY?... BECAUSE MY CAPS LOCK KEY IS LOUD!!!!!!!!!"

So with that said, check out this video of Kanye performing for Twitter's employees: