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Banned from Facebook, porn stars settle for Twitter
By Ray RahmanJanuary 29th, 2011, 3:38 pmComments (10)
It's not easy being a porn star in this post-MySpace world. Ever since the masses migrated to Mark Zuckerberg's side of the internet, the actresses have had trouble finding their footing. But according to the Daily Beast, they've finally figured it out: porn stars have ditched Facebook for Twitter.
Facebook has proven hostile territory to adult stars, with many claiming their profiles are often deleted, multiple times, and for no reason they can understand. “Most porn stars have given up on Facebook at this point,” Housley says. San Dimas says, “Even if a fan posts a nude picture of you they delete your account.”
So now you know who it was throwing popcorn at the screen during The Social Network. It was porn stars! But if Twitter ever gets a movie short film, the porn stars would probably behave themselves:
One thing is clear: Twitter in the past year has transformed the way porn stars communicate—they now have the opportunity to reach fans and build followings off screen. [Porn Star Tweets founder Pete] Housley’s statistics illuminate the interactions. Porn Star Tweets tracks 990 porn stars who are followed by 9,140,066 users; the porn stars follow back 636,853 fans. On average, the stars tweet 6.7 times per day; seven percent of Porn Star Tweets contain a photo or video. In total, Housley says, “In 2010 we aggregated over 3 million tweets and 250,000 photos and videos.”
One of the naughty tweets that the Daily Beast highlights came from Bree Olson's Twitter, which read, "If I knew who my real dad was, I'd totally fuck him. Are you my real daddy? Did you make any love children in '86?"
So that's what Facebook's missing out on. Is this a sign that Twitter will one day overtake Facebook, that people will opt for a more uncensored platform? Porn certainly has a lot of say — the reason we have Blu-ray is because the industry backed it instead of HD DVD. Also, is 3D porn going to be insane or what? So many questions.
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Commentarium (10 Comments)
Surely porn stars have gotten on the web with their own sites. Screw the book of faces. Who needs it these days?
The woman in the photo on this page was in "Entourage" for awhile and pretty near ruined the show.
Yeah, Sasha Grey ruined the show. Not the terrible writing or the fact that Adrian Grenier can't act.
Does Sasha Grey Have a twitter? I would follow her!
Last month, I was convinced my Twitter followers were mostly prostitutes.
http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2010/i-think-75-of-my-twitter-followe...
Thanks for clearing this up, Nerve!
Who cares?
I'm merely concerned of the concept of "porn star fans".
Don't hate. I have an autographed glossy of Sasha Grey. She is a beautiful woman, a talented performer, and I need signed proof that I jerk off.
Um...that last statement? About the industry backing Blu Ray? It's not really true. While VHS was backed by the porn industry which is the main reason VHS won over Beta, that's not true of the Blu Ray vs. HD DVD. Back when the VHS vs Beta occurred you had to be a dedicated pervert to have your own porn movies. You would have needed a projector and what not. When that format war happened it revolutionized porn and porn, in turn, revolutionized the home theatre format. However, when the High Def format was in question, porn was everywhere on the internet. So what pervert cares if he gets 720 or 1080 on disc when he can download or stream the same thing without extra hardware. The way I remember it, the big studios like Vivid might have committed to Sony to go with their Blu Ray but most of them went HD-DVD because it was cheaper (same reason they went with VHS too).
necro posting to say: Yeah you have got your facts completely mixed up and to add to pornfan's comments, BluRay was at first openly hostile to the idea of adult content and HD-DVD had a better menu system anyway, it's a shame it had to die but DON"T THANK PORN FOR BLURAY
Now you say something