# Why are porn stars following me? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 24, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190 "2011-07-24T17:48:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190/1 "2011-07-24T17:48:19Z")
On Twitter, I mean. I have a Twitter account that I rarely tweet from, I use it to follow a few people I am interested in. Suddenly, I am getting all these porn stars following me, two or three new ones per day. They all have unusual names, and they all have pornish tweets and links in their profiles. How did they find me, and should I be concerned? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190/2 "2011-07-24T17:50:52Z")
You are just being “phished” on Twitter. Who knows why, but there are all sorts who will follow total strangers for whatever reason. I have a few myself. I’ve never sent a single tweet, but there are people out there following me none the less. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190/3 "2011-07-24T19:00:52Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > You are just being “phished” on Twitter. Who knows why, but there are all sorts who will follow total strangers for whatever reason. I have a few myself. I’ve never sent a single tweet, but there are people out there following me none the less. I love it when they do this on FB. I never accept their invitation but I will click on their profile to see which one of my dumbass friends have. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190/4 "2011-07-24T22:56:36Z")
Some people automatically follow back anyone who follows them. They are hoping you are such a person. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190/5 "2011-07-24T23:14:07Z")
recruitment drive? ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190/6 "2011-07-25T02:15:16Z")
You owe them money? ---
**Author:** ![RoeCocoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@RoeCocoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoeCocoa)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190/7 "2011-07-25T02:21:38Z")
The same thing happened to me during my brief stint on MySpace. I rearranged my Top 5 to display a neat row of tanned, shapely, oiled, thong-clad butts. Like Silenus says, they’re just trying to get you to click their links and give them money. ---
**Author:** ![pictureitamy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@pictureitamy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pictureitamy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190/8 "2012-03-02T16:23:55Z")
This happens to me all the time on Twitter. The best thing I’ve come up with is to make my twitter account private and only accept people I know and/or people who aren’t porn stars or spammers. SO annoying. I was slightly concerned that my name had got on some list or something, but not sure there is anything I can do about it. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190/9 "2012-03-02T16:50:26Z")
It could be worse. You could have Pawn Stars following you. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190/10 "2012-03-02T17:04:52Z")
They are Bots. What their purpose is, I don’t know. I get hem too. Just got another one today. ---
**Author:** ![LionelHutz405](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lionelhutz405/32/536_2.png) [@LionelHutz405](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LionelHutz405)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190/11 "2012-03-02T17:52:31Z")
It’s not spam. You don’t see their tweets just because they are following you. So just ignore it. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190/12 "2012-03-02T17:56:10Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I love it when they do this on FB. I never accept their invitation but I will click on their profile to see which one of my dumbass friends have. Ohhhh… Now I get it. I’ve had these invitations from hot babe names I don’t recognize too. I wondered what that was all about. Never thought dumbass friends were possibly the cause. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190/13 "2012-03-02T18:33:35Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Some people automatically follow back anyone who follows them. They are hoping you are such a person. This. Each twitter follower they can get is worth a small amount. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190/14 "2012-03-02T18:49:29Z")
I don’t get these on FB (maybe just once or twice) but I get these kind of invites on Skype all the time. “Hi! I saw your profile and you look interesting so I thought maybe you’d like to chat sometime!” Really. A young, attractive single woman thought a middle-aged, overweight, married man with kids looked interesting to talk to? I don’t think so sweetie. ---
**Author:** ![Toastyy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Toastyy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toastyy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190/15 "2012-09-16T01:33:56Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > You are just being “phished” on Twitter. Who knows why, but there are all sorts who will follow total strangers for whatever reason. I have a few myself. I’ve never sent a single tweet, but there are people out there following me none the less. Phishing it is. Maybe ip sniffing and email phishing but they try to get ya! Avoid any links they send you!! ---
**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190/16 "2012-09-16T01:43:33Z")
> [@Toastyy](#): > > Phishing it is. Maybe ip sniffing and email phishing but they try to get ya! Avoid any links they send you!! Politicians and celebrities have been caught in the UK bumping up their followers by using bots to automate the following process. A cabinet minister was actually involved. The celebrities do it because they can then say to advertisers that they can “reach” a large number of people, politicians do it because it makes them look popular/influential with voters, which can help with getting cabinet posts and such. I suspect that the companies that provide this service, which offer reasonable rates (something like $1-5/1000 followers) use these twitter spam bots to both collect lists of twitter users who are likely to just follow anyone and also direct market their penis extension pills/phishing emails/tweets. Sorry for the over use of slashes. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190/17 "2012-09-17T15:31:23Z")
I noticed the same thing when I first joined Twitter. My conclusion was that I was so good in bed, porn had started watching ME. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-porn-stars-following-me/590190/18 "2012-09-17T16:45:39Z")
I get them, too. I figure I must be pretty hot if I can get hetero porn stars to switch teams!