Twitter confirmed: Tweets from people you don’t follow will show up on your timeline

Many Twitter users have started to notice something different on their Twitter timeline: Tweets from people they don’t follow.

It could just be another experiment among the many Twitter has been rolling out to users. But the company recently added a supporting paragraph on its help center explaining: What’s a Twitter Timeline? Your home timeline displays tweets from accounts you have chosen to follow, and promoted tweets or retweets. “Additionally,” the company says, “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.” It was a tricky experiment that not everybody liked. But it seems to be official now since Twitter has added the above paragraph.