So by now you have heard about how Craigslist is no longer offering it’s “erotic services” section. Something we could have (should have) covered here, but eh. So where have all the working girls gone?
That I am not certain, but one thing I do find strange is that in the past few months I have a few new Twitter “followers” (I signed up early LAST year and have hardly touched it since), who are clearly ladies looking to make some sexy time bucks. Now I get that people add people all the time and want a million followers, but just like in Facebook land I don’t add people willy nilly and only accept people I actually like. Anyway, the point is, I don’t use Twitter and I don’t add or accept people, but I have had an influx of working girls.
This led me to do some research (googling) and was suprised that there was not more out there on it and actually more than anything, “Twitter Escorts” will actually get you to Twitter Escorts. So maybe it is not a “thing” or maybe people are just keeping it on the down low so it does not go the way of Craigslist. And I am the last person in the world to give any two cents about the sex industry, but I found a few articles to share:
-The Village Voice Blog ponders whether twitter users using it to rate escorts is a”scoop or a sting”: “Is This a Thing? Twitter Escort Services “
-A fellow named Trent Lapinski blogs what he calls “Twittering A Prostitution Revolution”. But the interesting thing is that he name checks and links to some of these girls, who actually respond in the comments.
-Gawker: “Prostitutes All Over Twitter, Naturally“
-And possibly an even more likely scenario: “Hackers Using Sexy Girls to Infect Twitter Users“
-Related: Slate- The Craigslist Sex Panic
Interesting topic. I get the same kinds of spammy or maybe not requests on the Hootchi account – http://twitter.com/hootchicootchi. I let them follow me and I don’t follow them. I’ve noticed they eventually disappear.
I do follow some strippers on Twitter and I know some sex workers maintain Twitter accounts as part of their online presence (http://twitter.com/AlexaRPD). It will be interesting to see what happens though since Twitter apparently doesn’t make money yet but they don’t want to sell…maybe the sex workers will be allowed to roam free finally.
I think that is it- spammy maybe. But it will be interesting to see how it grows, especially in response to craigslist.