NEW YORK – Twitter will begin deleting accounts that have been inactive for more than six months, unless they log in before a Dec. 11 deadline.
The cull will include users who stopped posting to the site because they died – unless someone with that person’s account details is able to log-in.
It is the first time Twitter has removed inactive accounts on such a large scale.
The site said it was because users who do not log-in were unable to agree to its updated privacy policies.
A spokeswoman also said it would improve credibility by removing dormant accounts from people’s follower counts, something which may give a user an undue sense of importance. The first batch of deleted accounts will involve those registered outside of the United States./PN
