Help! My Tweets Are Missing!

by Dave Larson on November 14, 2010

Do NOT leave a comment here that your tweet count is wrong—you need to visit the Twitter page for your issue. Leave a comment only if you have already visited the Twitter page for your issue (see below for links).

UPDATE: Twitter has put out updated statuses from time to time: · November 27 status · December 10 status · May 25 Status

 

Click the link below that best describes your problem:

TIP: Sometimes switching to mobile.twitter.com will show your missing tweets.

  1. My Tweets and Hashtags are not showing up in search.
  2. My Tweet count is incorrect.
  3. I’m missing mentions and/or @replies.
  4. I have a different Twitter problem—my problem isn’t listed here.
  5. Tweets that should appear in a search don’t

TIP:Clearing your browser cache http://bit.ly/FixBrowser often fixes some missing tweet problems.

My Tweets And Hashtags Don’t Show Up In Search!

There are several reasons this could be happening. Very old or protected tweets won’t show up, of course. And Tweets from new accounts (or newly changed usernames) can take a few days to show up.
But if those issues are not your problem, do this: log out and log back in at Twitter.com. If you see a big red warning saying your email address is having delivery issues, you need to fix it before Twitter will show your tweets in search (links are provided for what to do).

While it’s true that Twitter technical problems can block tweets from showing up in search, you should first check to make sure YOU haven’t broken any of Twitter’s rules or best practices.

Have you broken any Twitter rules?

Twitter will NOT show the tweets of anyone who fails to follow these Twitter rules or these Twitter best practices.

The good news

You can request that Twitter show your tweets in search, but you’ll have to agree to follow the rules and best practices before they will reverse the decision not to show your tweets. File a ticket at http://j.mp/twicket and explain that your tweets are missing and you’d like to know what you need to do to have them come back.

Missing Mentions and @Replies

The symptom here is that you’re missing older tweets or seeing an incomplete number of tweets when viewing your @username mentions in the the replies tab on Twitter.com. If you cannot page back to see older @username mentions this is your issue. Go here and let Twitter know this affects you.

If you’re just not receiving all my @ replies, know that Twitter is working on a long-term fix for the missing @ replies problem. You need to let them know you’re affected by filing a ticket at http://j.mp/twicket.

My Tweet Count is Incorrect

This issue is still affecting many people. You can read the latest from Twitter here.

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