Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor is rightly hailed as one of the most forward-thinking artists when it comes to digital marketing and social networking, so news that he's (kinda) quit Twitter is saddening. His Twitter feed is now one-way – just announcements, no replies.In a long post on his forum, he explains that it's because of spammers and haters. “I will be tuning out of the social networking sites because at the end of the day it's now doing more harm than good in the bigger picture and the experiment seems to have yielded a result. Idiots rule.”Specifically, it seems Reznor and his other half have been suffering abuse on Twitter, which he suggests has been caused by the fact that he's “not the same person I was in 1994″. And he has a theory on this, too:“Looks like the Metal Sludge contingency has discover Twitter! Finally! For those of you that don't know what this is, please let me explain. Metal Sludge is the home of the absolutely worst people I've ever come across. It's populated mainly by unattractive plump females who publicly fantasize about having sex with guys in bands. Kind of like a role-playing game where [...]

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