Tweets in Random Order even though not checked?

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Vinnicino
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Tweets in Random Order even though not checked?

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Greetings - Mr. Green here! :mrgreen:

Using the regular Tweet button, I noticed that it's not tweeting in the order of the tweets even though I have' Random Order' unchecked.

Example:

TWEET 1
TWEET 2
TWEET 3
TWEET 4

with

ACCOUNT 1
ACCOUNT 2

4 Tweets / 2 Accounts = 2 Tweets per Account

ACCOUNT 1 = TWEETED TWEET 1
ACCOUNT 2 = TWEETED TWEET 3

10 MINS LATER

ACCOUNT 1 = TWEETED TWEET 4
ACCOUNT 2 = TWEETED TWEET 2

The issue I see with this is if the job stops for whatever reason, I don't know which Tweets were not posted, unless I scrape through the entire logs which I don't want to do VS. them being in order I can see which one was the last tweet and get rid of the rest of resume.

Is this a bug or do I need to add additional configuration to ensure it goes in order? For what it's worth, I do have the "normal" radio button marked...

Thanks!

V
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Re: Tweets in Random Order even though not checked?

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Let me check. Maybe a randomise_order function crept in accidentally where it shouldn't




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Martin
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Re: Tweets in Random Order even though not checked?

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Thanks Martin,

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Re: Tweets in Random Order even though not checked?

Post by martin@rootjazz »

Working fine here.

Are you threading the SHARED action? If so, then order will go out the window
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Re: Tweets in Random Order even though not checked?

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Yes I am!

I put 2 threads believing I needed 1 per each account. So keeping it at 1 should do the trick then!

Good to know, thanks Martin!

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Re: Tweets in Random Order even though not checked?

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Vinnicino wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 2:51 am Yes I am!

I put 2 threads believing I needed 1 per each account. So keeping it at 1 should do the trick then!

Good to know, thanks Martin!

- V
Ok then, yes that will be it. When threading is used, ordering is not guaranteed. Although it is "usually" somewhat in order

1>10 items, there is no OS guarantee that items 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 will be sent in order, it could be 1 2 4 3 9 5 6 7 8 (why the OS does it this way I don't know).

But even so, if it was sent in order, there could still be a bad ordering as delays on network could mean items 1 and 2 sent, 2 has a network issue, 1 completes get given 3 to process and completes that before 2 is completed.

If ordering important, it *has* to be 1 thread



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