# Elasticsearch Retweet Value is Always False

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-retweet-value-is-always-false/29910>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 24, 2015, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-retweet-value-is-always-false/29910 "2015-09-24T10:58:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![owardman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9f8e36/32.png) [@owardman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/owardman)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-retweet-value-is-always-false/29910/1 "2015-09-24T10:58:25Z")

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Hi.

ES 1.6.2  
Logstash 1.5.4  
Kibana 4.1.2

I am accessing Twitter using the logstash twitter plugin and notice that retweeted is always set to false even though the tweet has often been retweeted. Has anyone else come across this?

Thanks

Ollie

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**Author:** ![Gautam\_S\_Thakur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gautam_s_thakur/32/5156_2.png) [@Gautam\_S\_Thakur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gautam_S_Thakur)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-retweet-value-is-always-false/29910/2 "2016-05-29T02:34:45Z")

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Yes, I observed it too. Did you able to fix it?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-retweet-value-is-always-false/29910/3 "2016-05-29T05:10:23Z")

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My guess is that LS Twitter input is listening to new tweets through Twitter API.

So every time someone creates **a new** tweet (matching criteria) it's sent to LS.

There is no chance that a new tweet has already been RT.

That's why this value is always false IMO.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-retweet-value-is-always-false/29910/4 "2017-07-05T22:48:17Z")

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