Twitter might plan to delete inactive accounts starting December 2019

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Twitter might plan to delete inactive accounts starting December 2019

Twitter now announced it would deactivate all accounts that had not signed in at any point during the past six months.

A spokesperson of Twitter said,

“As a part of our commitment to serving the overall public speech, we’re operating to wash up inactive accounts to present a lot of accurate, credible info folks will trust across Twitter. Part of this effort is encouraging folks to actively log-in and use Twitter once they register an account, as stated in our inactive accounts policy.”

Even, the usernames created with under five characters can also no longer be registered on Twitter. So, that’s another major point to consider when setting up the username you’ve always wanted. The company also takes action for accounts that do not have user activity even though it is open.

The company has already sent warning emails to its inactive users who haven't been using their accounts.

The emails from Twitter said,

"To continue using Twitter, you must accept the applicable Terms, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Use. This not only allows you to make the best decisions about the information you share with us but also allows you to continue using your Twitter account. However, you must first login before 11 December 2019 and follow the on-screen instructions, otherwise, your account will be removed from Twitter."

According to the Social site, this was a part of Twitter's newly invigorated effort to present clear and accurate information in the age of online manipulation. On the heels of CEO Jack Dorsey's announcement, this inactive account purge follows that Twitter would no longer take money for political promotions, for example.

For now, the social media site has put their plans on hold to delete inactive accounts, after a backlash from people pointing out that it would cull most dead people’s tweet archives. Because, if it would happen, that relatives of people who have died could see their accounts disappear. That is unless they need access thereto, and can log in and tweet from it.

So, on Wednesday, the company said it was suspending the plan until it could find a good way to memorialize dead people’s Twitter accounts.

The company tweeted,

“We’ve detected you on the impact that this could wear the accounts of the deceased. This was a miss on our part. So, we will not be removing any inactive accounts until we create a new way for people to memorize accounts.”

Inactive accounts wouldn't are instantly deleted below the policy. Instead of that, Twitter would try to contact account holders with inactive accounts to inform them that their account would be deleted if they don’t log in to it.

This was Twitter's second big platform announcement within a month. First was On Oct. 30, when the company revealed it would not allow political advertising anymore, with an official policy coming.

For now, the users will have to wait and observe which accounts open up after December and act swiftly to claim handles when they become available. This is expected to be a months-long, current method instead of an all-in-one purge.






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