If you haven’t logged into your Twitter account in a few years, you may be at risk of losing your handle. And if you’ve been waiting for a handle to release, you may soon be in luck. Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter, Tesla, SpaceX and a few other companies, said in a statement tweet Monday that the social media platform will begin “purging” accounts that have “had no activity whatsoever for several years.”
Musk didn’t give a timeline for when the change would happen, but he cautioned that after being fired, people should expect their followers to drop.
We remove accounts that have had no activity at all for several years, so you will likely see a drop in follower count
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 8, 2023
The notification comes after Musk said in December that Twitter would begin “freeing up the namespace of 1.5 billion accounts,” explaining that these would be an “obvious account deletion without tweets and without logins.” [sic] for years.”
These are clear account deletions without tweeting and without logging in for years
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2022
Unfortunately, Musk hasn’t made it clear exactly what this means for the deceased’s accounts or provide an option to memorialize those accounts. And if accounts are opened to claim, it may again lead to another account appearing The problem of impersonation As for Twitter, which is still affecting the site like The blue checkmarks are now available for purchase.
In a response to Musk, ID Software founder John Carmack cautioned against deleting inactive accounts, saying it would make it more difficult to obtain historical tweets. It could also mean that Twitter threads from years ago might be fragmented with gaps from unavailable tweets.
Maybe I’m reading this incorrectly, but if you’re already deleting inactive accounts and all their historical tweets, I would strongly urge you to reconsider.
Letting people know how many “active” followers they have is good info, but deleting inactive output…
– John Carmack (ID_AA_Carmack) May 8, 2023
Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Elon Musk bought Twitter late last year for $44 billion. Since then, the site has seen a 80% reduction in the workforce, leaving about 1,500 employees. Twitter has also had a number of controversies, from Rise in hate speechAnd Account impersonationthe check marks are taken from the check old accounts And Major publications And very Public disagreement with NPR. Musk told employees in March that Twitter is now worth $20 billionLess than half of what he bought it for.
In the wake of the Twitter takeover, some alternatives have been floated in hopes of wooing disaffected users, including Bluesky Socialwhich was founded by Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, Beehive And mastodon.
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