Facebook users are reporting a bizarre bug that—like the video Year In Review or the persistent On This Day feature—dredges up digital memories. The only problem is that it’s doing so without their knowledge or permission.
The glitch appears to be grabbing users’ posts at random and tossing them back onto their walls—and their friends’ timelines, Mashable and PC Mag report. The reposted content in the examples Gizmodo was able to find had their timestamps altered by the glitch to look like they’d been posted recently. Needless to say, lots of people are confused and annoyed.
@facebook I've noticed photos I uploaded several months ago coming back around as being posted just a few MINUTES ago & I didn't repost them
— clr 💚🤍🐶📖📻🪩❤️🖤🌎🍣☕️📸 (@cattbertt) December 9, 2016
Deactivated my Facebook because it decided to repost about 30 old posts without my permission. Staying away until I know it's safe #dramatic
— Sarah ♡ (@Username_Sarah) December 9, 2016
Hello to all. Facebook mysteriously decided to Repost my MBA diploma. Thank you all for your kind comments. I am… https://t.co/TugHwCsTAD
— Jackie Sue Griffin (@Jackiesugriffin) December 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/kevinfoad/status/807278732666961920
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Some users affected by the repost glitch noticed the issue after updating the app or checking the Year In Review feature. Currently, it’s not known what the root cause is, but we’ve reached out to Facebook and will update if we hear back.
These reposts come just a few weeks after a major bug on the platform pronounced many of its users deceased. Now back from the dead, some of those same users are apparently stuck in a digital fugue state of embarrassing old status updates and photos of exes.
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