# Young women following me on Twitter--why? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 5, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-following-me-on-twitter-why/974415 "2022-11-05T14:01:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-following-me-on-twitter-why/974415/1 "2022-11-05T14:01:43Z")
And what do they want? I’m a middle-aged straight guy. I’ve noticed that about three times a week, I get a new follower on Twitter and most of the time it is a young scantily-clad woman I’ve never heard of. Is there a downside to having them follow me? The easiest choice is to do nothing, and I don’t see the harm in having more Twitter followers rather than fewer, but are they up to something harmful or dangerous that I’m unaware of? I have no interest in engaging with them, in conversation or otherwise, and aside from following my Twitter account, I don’t have anything to do with them after they show up on my “notifications” page, so it seems harmless. But is it? I assume others have experienced this phenomenon. Can you share your experiences? Do you actively block or delete them from your Twitter feed? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-following-me-on-twitter-why/974415/2 "2022-11-05T14:07:53Z")
I’ve never worried about who follows me. I take their follow as just their way of advertising themselves. They were hoping you would want to follow them back. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-following-me-on-twitter-why/974415/3 "2022-11-05T14:12:17Z")
> [@slicedalone](#): > > I’m a middle-aged straight guy. I’ve noticed that about three times a week, I get a new follower on Twitter and most of the time it is a young scantily-clad woman I’ve never heard of. - There’s no scantily-clad women behind those, only scammers. ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-following-me-on-twitter-why/974415/4 "2022-11-05T14:14:50Z")
And what’s the scam? Maybe 1% of their targets try to interact with them, and wind up sending them money or something? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-following-me-on-twitter-why/974415/5 "2022-11-05T14:22:25Z")
Yep. Though there are a number of different scams possible, it’s always a scam. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-following-me-on-twitter-why/974415/6 "2022-11-05T14:27:27Z")
Do a reverse image search on the profile pics. Ill bet you find more than one profile using that picture. Likely many more. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-following-me-on-twitter-why/974415/7 "2022-11-05T14:27:54Z")
Since the cost of reaching them is next to zero, why not? But, as Chris Rock, says, > **There is no sex in the champagne room.** > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBWdzHu0BpM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBWdzHu0BpM) ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-following-me-on-twitter-why/974415/8 "2022-11-05T14:32:34Z")
Over the past year I have been getting frequent LinkedIn connection requests from young Asian women who claim to be working in fields not even remotely connected to mine. I figure someone is trying to catfish me and decline the request. No overtly sexy profile pics, but what I would call “attractive businesslike” clothing/poses. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-following-me-on-twitter-why/974415/9 "2022-11-05T15:11:15Z")
Another thing they may be doing is getting you to follow accounts that will push you towards other accounts, for influence purposes. A lot of these types of accounts can be misinformation accounts, which rack up a bunch of followers only to then switch to propaganda, or let people know which accounts are better propaganda targets. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-following-me-on-twitter-why/974415/10 "2022-11-05T17:00:29Z")
I get those, and they tend to come in spurts. There’s a good chance that they’re spambots that want to send you a link (or who have a link in their bio), purportedly to some naughty pictures, but which actually does something much more dangerous. I just immedIately block them. I don’t care about followers, and why engage? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-following-me-on-twitter-why/974415/11 "2022-11-05T17:08:03Z")
I get a lot of videos on FB of young women doing supposedly sexy dances and poses. Not sure what they’re after, but at age 75, I’m pretty sure it isn’t my body. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-following-me-on-twitter-why/974415/12 "2022-11-05T17:24:41Z")
You do? I mostly get videos of people demonstrating woodworking tools. I wonder what that says about me? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-following-me-on-twitter-why/974415/13 "2022-11-05T17:31:20Z")
> [@slicedalone](#): > > I assume others have experienced this phenomenon. We had a related topic recently you may be interested in reading through. > [@Why did she Like my Facebook posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-she-like-my-facebook-posts/968289): > > Last night a woman I don’t know (she seems to be a plus-size model) Liked about a dozen of my recent posts on Facebook. Judging from her profile they don’t seem to be things that would appeal to her. My suspicious mind asks the question: Is there some financial or other incentive for Liking someone’s posts in large numbers? ~Max ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-following-me-on-twitter-why/974415/14 "2022-11-05T19:18:18Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > I mostly get videos of people demonstrating woodworking tools. Is that what kids are calling it these days? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-following-me-on-twitter-why/974415/15 "2022-11-05T19:51:57Z")
Click on one dance video and you’re a perv for life, I guess.