San Francisco: social media platform twitter Inc. will delete accounts that have been inactive for years, CEO Elon Musk made the announcement in a tweet on Monday, saying the action is “critical to freeing abandoned handles.”
Twitter’s billionaire owner said in a separate tweet that inactive accounts would be archived, Musk It did not add any details on when the process would begin.
It was not immediately known whether or how Twitter Users will be able to access archived accounts.
Musk also said that users on the micro-blogging platform may see a decline in the number of followers, as many inactive accounts may be deleted.
As per Twitter’s policy, users must log into their account at least once every 30 days to avoid permanent removal due to prolonged inactivity.
Earlier this month, Musk “threatened” to reassign National Public Radio’s Twitter account to another company after the public broadcaster stopped posting content to its official Twitter feed.
Twitter last month removed the legacy verified blue tick from the profiles of thousands of people, including celebrities, journalists and prominent politicians.
Musk has made account verification a part of Twitter’s Blue Membership, which he said will tackle the issue of bot accounts on the social media platform.
Twitter’s billionaire owner said in a separate tweet that inactive accounts would be archived, Musk It did not add any details on when the process would begin.
It was not immediately known whether or how Twitter Users will be able to access archived accounts.
Musk also said that users on the micro-blogging platform may see a decline in the number of followers, as many inactive accounts may be deleted.
As per Twitter’s policy, users must log into their account at least once every 30 days to avoid permanent removal due to prolonged inactivity.
Earlier this month, Musk “threatened” to reassign National Public Radio’s Twitter account to another company after the public broadcaster stopped posting content to its official Twitter feed.
Twitter last month removed the legacy verified blue tick from the profiles of thousands of people, including celebrities, journalists and prominent politicians.
Musk has made account verification a part of Twitter’s Blue Membership, which he said will tackle the issue of bot accounts on the social media platform.