# "In cased you missed it" on twitter.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 10, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-cased-you-missed-it-on-twitter/855378 "2020-06-10T18:02:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-cased-you-missed-it-on-twitter/855378/1 "2020-06-10T18:02:23Z")

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I have been conditioned to scroll right through this because it always seemed to contain things I’ve already read from people I follow. Now I’m seeing stuff in there I haven’t read, even from people I follow, even though I read every tweet outside of that section. What is the function of this?