We’ve all been there: scrolling through Twitter, and then inadvertently liking a tweet. This is followed by an immediate sense of panic, as you wonder whether the author of the tweet has been notified. In this article, we demystify what actually happens when you accidentally like a tweet, but quickly unlike it.
To put it simply, Twitter indeed sends a notification when someone likes your tweet. However, if that like is quickly removed, the story gets a bit more complicated. If the tweet’s author is online and viewing their notifications in real time, there’s a good chance they’ll see your like. In other words, if the person is on Twitter at the exact moment you hit the like button, they will receive a notification even if you unlike it immediately.
However, the good news is that if they’re not currently online, things work out more in your favor. Here’s why: when you unlike a tweet, the notification will disappear from their notifications tab, and the like will be removed from the tweet itself. So, if the person isn’t checking their Twitter at that exact moment, they won’t see your accidental like.
Moreover, Twitter does not send email notifications for every single like. The only instance where they would receive an email about your like is if they have specifically configured their settings to receive email notifications for all likes, which is not the default setting.
To sum up, if you’ve accidentally liked a tweet, don’t panic. Quickly unliking it will erase the notification from their feed, and they’ll never know—unless they were online at that exact moment.
Remember, everyone occasionally fumbles while using social media platforms. If you’ve done it once, you’re certainly not alone!