Elon Musk wants to get rid of all Twitter accounts that have been inactive for several years. This purge will, according to him, free up user names. Inactive accounts will not be permanently deleted, but archived.
After permanently removing the old free blue badges that were awarded to accounts with notoriety, Twitter is now preparing to do a spring cleaning of its platform. Elon Musk actually announced purging inactive Twitter accounts. If you created a Twitter account years ago but haven’t used it yet, you might lose access.
The American billionaire who will develop his own ChatGPT-style AI wants to deactivate all Twitter accounts that have not been active for a few years. However, he did not provide further details on the period of inactivity of these accounts. Are these accounts that have been inactive for two years? For more than 5 years? We have no idea yet.
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Inactive Twitter accounts will be deactivated to free usernames
Elon Musk tweeted: “ we’re purging accounts that haven’t had any activity for several years, so you’ll likely see a drop in follower counts “. According to him, deactivating inactive accounts will allow release usernames for new people. For example, the account of the former President of the United States, Donald Trump, has not tweeted since January 8, 2021. Will he also be affected by this purge so that another person can recover his name? user? It’s still not very clear. Elon Musk didn’t delve much into the new policy.
Following this announcement, Internet users wondered if the tweets of inactive accounts were also going to be deleted, which would obviously not be ideal. Elon Musk therefore confirmed that inactive accounts were not going to be deleted, but archived. Thus, the tweets will always be visible. This policy would also archive the Twitter accounts of deceased celebrities instead of displaying them with the blue badge of paid certification.
We also don’t know if affected users will have a chance to reactivate their Twitter account before losing their name. Currently, Twitter’s account activity policy states that users must log in at least once every 30 days or they will lose their account. Elon Musk did not specify if he defines the activity of a Twitter account with the frequency of connection or tweets, likes, retweets, etc.
