# Old posts in my Twitter feed

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-posts-in-my-twitter-feed/663650>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 16, 2013, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-posts-in-my-twitter-feed/663650 "2013-07-16T08:17:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-posts-in-my-twitter-feed/663650/1 "2013-07-16T08:17:38Z")

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Frequently my feed will have old posts (couple days to months). Does this mean my account got hacked? Is there another explanation?

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**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-posts-in-my-twitter-feed/663650/2 "2013-07-16T10:03:42Z")

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Are they retweets?

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**Author:** ![GovernmentMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GovernmentMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GovernmentMan)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-posts-in-my-twitter-feed/663650/3 "2013-07-16T12:12:26Z")

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I don’t think any kind of hacking would cause old posts from other people to appear on your feed.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-posts-in-my-twitter-feed/663650/4 "2013-07-16T13:42:49Z")

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[mod] Moved CS --\> IMHO [/mod]

[nonmod] They’re probably RTs – check the small print. [/nonmod]

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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-posts-in-my-twitter-feed/663650/5 "2013-07-16T14:04:54Z")

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I believe some Tweeters get bumped up to the top of your feed, just for being prolific/popular/famous (mostly because they’re famous).

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-posts-in-my-twitter-feed/663650/6 "2013-07-16T19:27:46Z")

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They aren’t RT, but **Bob** ’s theory seems most likely