Submitted Dec 08 by Charles
Are seeing tweets from strangers in your Home timeline? If so, please read on:
We've received reports from users who are seeing an occasional tweet from a user they do not follow in their Home timeline. If you have seen a tweet or two in your Home timeline which is from a user you are not currently following, chances are you are experiencing this issue. Please be sure that the tweet from a stranger is not a retweet. Retweets look different than regular tweets:
If you are able to confirm that the tweet from a stranger in your Home timeline is not a retweet, continue reading.
We would greatly appreciate information about your situation if you are affected by this issue. Please include the following information in the comments section below:
Your username (Please note that usernames do not contain spaces)
The username of the stranger in your Home timeline
A link to the tweet from the stranger
Bonus information:
Please do not comment more than once
My username is zombiecharmer, and this non-RT tweet from a stranger just showed up in my timeline: http://twitter.com/joaovitorxavier/status/6472878712 As you can see, the person's name is joaovitorxavier. Thanks for looking into this!
My username is cogitodexter - seeing random tweets in my timeline from people I've never heard of and which aren't retweets. One example from user "http://twitter.com/Anduaga" which is a protected user anyway: I'm not a follower and shouldn't be able to read their tweets at all. http://bit.ly/65dzRa is the screenshot of it in place.
username is roxpaul, the random person is TheTruEssence. http://twitter.com/TheTruEssence. It's definitely not a retweet, and I have no idea who this person is. Doubly weird because both her and my tweets are protected. Thanks for looking into it!
username = shakay13z stranger = India_Headlines (http://twitter.com/India_Headlines) the tweet = http://twitter.com/India_Headlines/status/6472996993
screen shot = <a href="http://twitpic.com/spcxj" title="message from stranger in my home page timeline on Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/spcxj.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="message from stranger in my home page timeline on Twitpic"></a>
my username is djirdjirak and I received two tweets from complete strangers today, one was from an account called blackstar (I blocked and reported for spam, but seeing these diff. comments, I wonder if that was the right thing to do) and another tweet from an accoutn called camytzi - unfortunately I don't really know how to find the link to the tweet - what is for sure these two were no retweets ! and not addressed to me
my username is jackgraycnn and I just got a tweet on my home timeline from someone I don't follow.
username: nxzeiras
Username hollyinfrance, a tweet from user blackstar appeared in my timeline today. I contacted blackstar, who had appeared in other users timelines too (check tweets from/to my account to find the others involved if necessary), and they were not aware of the issue or why it had happened. Sorry this was some time ago, I can't find the exact tweet which appeared. Will try to do a screenshot if it happens again! Thanks for reading.
my username: soophie
stranger: AforArin
link to tweet: http://twitter.com/AForArin/status/6463236567
no picture made
My username is landley. Here's the screen shot of the non-RT tweet from a stranger, which is still there in my timeline if you hit "more" a couple times:
http://landley.net/pictures/2009-12-08-140623_1280x800_scrot.png
The spurious tweet lives at:
http://twitter.com/nntropical/status/6458704069
It was from somebody I've never heard of, and in reply to somebody else I've never heard of, and they're speaking in a foreign language. It appears totally random. (Some kind of sha1sum collision?)
(On a separate note, gone into most users I follow and blocked Horrible Retweets, but I'm still seeing them from users I've blocked Horrible Retweets from. Fresh ones showing up days after I've blocked that. I should open a new bug about that.)
Your username (Please note that usernames do not contain spaces) : clawra
The username of the stranger in your Home timeline : JejeKeenan
A link to the tweet from the stranger : http://m.twitter.com/JejeKeenan/status/6463265421
Bonus information:
i dont even understand the tweet. the language i mean. lol
Thanks in advance! :)
My username: intrepia
Stranger's username: GemmaGrace
Link to tweet: https://twitter.com/GemmaGrace/status/6459580970
Screenshot: http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z186/intrepia/Screenshot2009-12-...
me: rdenmark
her:ivie_B
the tweet: http://twitter.com/ivie_B/status/6474163820 (it's in response to someone who I also do not follow and more concerning, ivie_B has a private profile)
My username is: arlaneenalra The unknown user is: Luis_Batides The tweet is: http://twitter.com/Louis_Batides/statuses/6476339018
Username: jlmorrison
unknown user: caroliine_l
tweet link: http://twitter.com/caroliine_l/status/6473145315
me - @alaaro
them - @lareldunnell
their tweet - http://twitter.com/LarelDunnell/status/6479129016
handful of others, this is the latest.
me: d_skaggs
them: onlineincome4; BrittBook
tweets: http://twitter.com/onlineincome4/statuses/6479189522
1) My user name is Izandra.
2) The unknown user's name is Ashes_Within, and it is a protected user.
3) Link to the tweet that appeared on my timeline: http://twitter.com/Ashes_Within/status/6479444394
4) Sorry, am at work, can't do picture.
Thanks.