Relevant prior art, publicly disclosed on or before February 2001, which quite explicitly includes the "follower/following" mechanic: (The blog article was wri

Relevant prior art, publicly disclosed on or before February 2001, which quite explicitly includes the "follower/following" mechanic: (The blog article was written in relation to a different patent, but the prior art is most directly related to a Twitter-like service.) http://thinkinghard.com/blog/PossiblePriorArtForKootolPatentDated2001.html http://thinkinghard.com/blog/PossiblePriorArtForKootolPatent... http://web.archive.org/web/20010223204516/miski.sourceforge.net/miski-white-paper.html http://web.archive.org/web/20010223204516/miski.sourceforge....