Twitter to remove idle accounts, archive them
Social media platform Twitter Inc will remove accounts that have been inactive for several years, CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet on Monday. We’re purging account s that have had no activity at all for several years, so you will probably see follower count drop — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 8, 2023 Musk added that users on the micro-blogging platform could see a drop in follower count. According to Twitter's policy, users should log in to 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 52 official Twitter feeds in protest against a Twitter label that implied government involvement in its editorial content. Twitter last month remove d the legacy verified blue tick from the profile of thousands of people, including celebrities, journa...