This Might Explain Why The Cubs Had Porn On A Tweet From 2012

So, I was on Twitter yesterday and someone mentioned a crazy Cubs tweet. There was nothing out of the ordinary from the last couple days, but when you searched for it, here’s what you eventually found.

🚨🚨 DELETED TWEET 🚨🚨

(THX @alysaz23) pic.twitter.com/gtU7LZBd1B

— Freezing Cold Takes (@OldTakesExposed) September 25, 2018

In the since deleted tweet, the picture wasn’t censored.

It was from 2012 and everyone was wondering how in the hell was that tweeted and why it took so long for it to be deleted. Well, the answer to both might be because the Cubs had no clue it happened.

Here’s what Deadspin wrote yesterday.

One explanation, which is more likely than a social media manager’s horny mistake being able to survive for six years, is that the URL’s image ID, which was previously attached to a nice photo of Billy Williams and his grandsons, was reused some time in the last six years, and was re-assigned to this blurry naked woman:

And yes, while we all had a good laugh at the expense of the Cubs, they aren’t the first and probably not the last team that will have this happen to them.

There are examples from the Dallas Cowboys, Charlotte Hornets, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets Los Angeles Chargers, New York Knicks and even some soccer teams in Europe.

Here’s the explanation.

All 5+ year old accounts should be concerned tbh. My guess is that the twitpic URL (that existed at the time) changed hosts and then the (probably legitimate) photo became that

— Matt Barnthouse (@MattBarnthouse) September 25, 2018

The tweet was up and included the correct photo until something messed up with the API – and the unique image ID was possibly reused or redirected.

See this tweet from 2012: https://t.co/1W0bRSCeVO

— Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) September 25, 2018

So, you never know when you’ll randomly stumble into some porn on the timeline.