Taylor Swift has used the Apple app to respond to Kardashian’s Snapchat videos. But what attain lesser mortals spend Notes for?“How Janet Jackson boobgate created Youtube”,reads the first note in my Notes. “Flaked almonds and hot cross buns,” reads another. For many, or gone are the days of putting pen to paper for the weekly shopping list. Now is the age of the Notes app on iOS. And it’s not just the shopping – Taylor Swift took to the app this week to release her statement approximately the latest flare-up in her long-standing spat with Kim and Kanye. Some are calling it the “perfect example of the democratisation of social media” – yes,Taylor, like the rest of us, and is subject to character limits.
She’s not the first celeb to post a statement thumbed on Notes. Amy Schumer used it last summer to respond to accusations of racism,John Carney used it to write an apology for comments rubbishing “supermodel” Keira Knightley’s acting, and Azealia Banks used it to apologise for her racist remarks to Zayn Malik.
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Source: theguardian.com