# Twitter Question: I get constant tweets from a place I don't follow

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 24, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-question-i-get-constant-tweets-from-a-place-i-dont-follow/769610 "2016-10-24T18:22:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-question-i-get-constant-tweets-from-a-place-i-dont-follow/769610/1 "2016-10-24T18:22:41Z")

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I only use Twitter for a very specific purpose, namely to communicate directly with someone, maybe a reporter or company or something. I only “follow” three places. I have no followers of my own.

I have tweeted directly to my local PBS station a couple of times when I’ve had technical difficulties receiving a signal OTA. This worked great. I got a reply back promptly that told me what to tweak and all was good.

But now when I log into Twitter I seem to be getting everything the PBS station is sending out. I have a whole string of boring, useless tweets from them every day. I checked, and I’m still not following them.

I guess I don’t understand enough about how Twitter works, but why am I getting all this stuff from a place I’m not following. And how do I make it quit?

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**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-question-i-get-constant-tweets-from-a-place-i-dont-follow/769610/2 "2016-10-24T18:31:51Z")

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I think this cut and paste from Twitter’s help section answers your question.

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> Additionally, when we identify a Tweet, an account to follow, or other content that’s popular or relevant, we may add it to your timeline. This means you will sometimes see Tweets from accounts you don’t follow. We select each Tweet using a variety of signals, including how popular it is and how people in your network are interacting with it. Our goal is to make your Home timeline even more relevant and interesting.

Taken from [here.](https://support.twitter.com/articles/164083)

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-question-i-get-constant-tweets-from-a-place-i-dont-follow/769610/3 "2016-10-24T18:43:12Z")

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1. Thanks.
2. Grrr…

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-question-i-get-constant-tweets-from-a-place-i-dont-follow/769610/4 "2016-10-24T18:54:57Z")

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I could have searched for that myself, but I like it when people here tell me stuff. Interestingly, I was looking at the Twitter settings on my kindle, but the help document I located after your post said to go to the settings on your Twitter page on the web. MANY more options there for shutting down unwanted traffic.

Ignorance successfully fought today.