There is no implied contract on Twitter, legal or social, which demands that you follow all those who follow you. That hasn't stopped a 40-something Japanese man from suing a porn star because she ignored his ongoing tweets to follow him back on the microblogging site.
According to the Tokyo Reporter, a Japanese man claiming to be an education reporter used multiple Twitter accounts in an attempt to gain the attention of Aoi Sora, a porn star known for her lead roles in “Revenge: A Love Story,” (described by the Tokyo Times as a "psycho-sexual thriller") as well as a film named for an amply-endowed female zombie (the title of which is totally NSFW). His daily tweet-pleas reportedly read something like this:
"I am a fan of yours; please follow me,” “Please consider following,” “How’s work? Your English is getting better. Please follow me,” and, in the end, he wrote in English, “Please follow me."
Sora, who has more than 333K Twitter followers, is a bit of a Twitter siren it seems. The actress is famous in China, where Twitter is blocked. Sora is so popular that when she launched her Twitter account in April, it caused an "instant online reaction," Chinese news blog Danwei reported. Some questioned whether it really was Sora, and fans reportedly shared software that allowed them to access the blocked site.
That's why the man Sora wouldn't follow says he reached out to the actress in the first place, according to the Tokyo Reporter. Apparently, "he explained in vain that he made the requests in order to find out what actually happened regarding Aoi being singled out in a controversy that surfaced in China."
Since she wouldn't reply, the man, it seems, is launching new a Sora-centered Twitter controversy of his own.
Good luck with that.
Helen A.S. Popkin goes blah blah blah about the Internet. Tell her to get a real job on Twitter and/or Facebook. Also, Google+.