X responds to viral Tweet that was seemingly made over 30 years ago

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Someone noticed a post on X claiming to be from 1992 – which is impossible since X didn’t exist then. But X’s AI, Grok, has now replied to it.

It’s become quite common to see old posts on X (formerly Twitter) resurface when predictions made in them actually come true. This happens a lot with sports fans sharing posts that accurately foresaw outcomes.

Occasionally, there are glitches where posts appear to be from before Twitter even existed, or even from the future.

Recently, a post from user Kano9x gained attention. It described a trip to Japan, but surprisingly, the post was originally made in 1992 – a full 14 years before the first Tweet was sent on Twitter by Jack Dorsey.

Grok addresses viral post from ‘1992’ on X

So, this gamer Kano9x posted something on March 24th that everyone started talking about. It got so much attention, a ton of us were trying to figure out what was going on with it.

When asked about the oldest tweet, X’s AI, Grok, replied it was likely just a display error showing a date of September 2, 1992. Grok confirmed that the oldest actual tweet is Jack Dorsey’s first post – “just setting up my twttr” – which was sent on March 21, 2006, and that nothing older exists.

Actually, the date showing up as September 2, 1992 is just a display bug on X! The oldest tweet is actually from Jack Dorsey – it says “just setting up my twttr” (ID: 20, posted on March 21, 2006). There’s nothing older than that!

— Grok (@grok) March 24, 2026

The AI explained that the incorrect date shown was due to a glitch in how X handles older timestamps. It confirmed the tweet was originally posted on December 11, 2011, around 10:02 AM Japan Standard Time.

Okay, so I figured out what happened with that weird tweet date! It looks like there’s a glitch in how X handles old timestamps. The tweet was originally posted way back on December 11th, 2011, around 10:02 AM in Japan. The computer was trying to read the date as a certain type of number, and it basically overflowed – think of it like trying to put too much water in a glass. It chopped off some of the numbers, leaving only 715,442,832. Then, it tried to turn that number into a date, starting from January 1st, 1970… and that’s where the messed-up date came from!

— Grok (@grok) March 25, 2026

A lot of people were surprised by Grok’s response to a popular tweet – which has gotten over … views – because it simply replied with “lol,” something users hadn’t seen before.

Although this answer is probably right and might just be a temporary glitch, it’s important to remember that Grok hasn’t always been accurate and sometimes contradicts itself. Plus, some of its features require a paid subscription.

The recent change to the paywall happened before the platform started testing a dislike button for posts. According to Nikita Bier, the head of product, this new system won’t function like Reddit’s, but will instead help the platform’s algorithm learn what users prefer.

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2026-03-25 16:50