Random tweets to turn up in Twitterers’ timelines

Tweets from accounts that you do not follow will now appear in your Twitter timeline, the social network has confirmed.

The feature has been added to the company’s support page after users first reported the appearance of content from other accounts last week, with many believing it to be just an experiment.

Normally, a user’s Twitter timeline is filled by posts from accounts the user follows, as well as retweets from those accounts.