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Elon Musk reveals that this initiative will significantly free up username inventory for new Twitter users.
Elon Musk and his associates seem to be nurturing a grand plan aimed at Twitter's user base, which involves removing approximately 1.5 billion inactive accounts from the platform.
Accounts slated for deletion will undergo meticulous screening to ensure they have ceased activity and have no relevant tweets for many years. The billionaire notes that this action will notably liberate username inventory for new Twitter users.
In a recent tweet shared on his personal page, Elon Musk suggests that deleting some accounts is 'only natural' as they lack tweets and haven't been logged into for many years.
Previously, Musk has hinted multiple times about plans to clean up inactive accounts from Twitter. In a statement in early November, the Twitter chief mentioned that all accounts inactive for the past 15 years would be deleted, but that was just Musk's 'idle talk.'
Currently, there is still no information on how long an account must be inactive before being flagged for deletion. Musk has also hinted that accounts inactive for over a year could be cleanup targets.
As usual, Elon Musk's plan is receiving varied opinions from the user community. The majority believe Twitter should have a different solution for handling inactive accounts, especially those of deceased individuals. Keeping such accounts as a place to preserve memories of a deceased person is supposed to be a humane act and should be maintained.
(Refer to QTM)
