A recent policy change spotted by several Twitter users seems to imply that the social media platform is looking to purge inactive accounts soon. Anyone who's ever used a social media platform such as Facebook has most likely encountered a few pages that have been abandoned after a few months or years. However, Twitter seems to want to combat this common issue by issuing a cut-off date for users to log in by to save their current presence on the site.Late last year, investor and business magnate Elon Musk purchased Twitter for roughly $44 billion dollars and made himself the CEO. Since Musk began running the social media platform, the service has seen multiple changes that have left many users confused and disoriented. This includes rolling out the Twitter Blue subscription service that includes a blue checkmark for $8 per month. These changes have caused a few users to leave Twitter for other platforms, and it seems Musk might be looking into ways to fix inactivity on the platform.On Twitter's Help Center page, a recent update adds an "inactive account policy" to the website which encourages users to log in every 30 days. It also states that "accounts may be permanently removed due to prolonged inactivity." While some Twitter pages and usernames could be taken by accounts that left the platform for numerous reasons, some accounts belong to the deceased that could be taken down as a result of this policy. Needless to say, this has left many Twitter users worried.
It's a given that some accounts would go dark once their user has passed away. Facebook specifically has a "memorialize account" feature where a loved one can give a Facebook page a special badge and status that archives the account in their memory so it will be safe and viewable at all times. The closest Twitter has to this is that accounts can have their tweets downloaded in bulk, but the feature is useless if someone can't log into the Twitter account for any reason.
The biggest concern users have with this new Twitter policy is the lack of specific details. While the page encourages people to log in every 30 days, it doesn't specify when exactly people can expect their inactive accounts to be deleted. Some are worried that if they take 30 days to unplug and leave social media in general for a while, they'll have to schedule tweets just to keep their account around. Without a clear picture of how these new rules will be enacted and enforced, many users aren't satisfied with the latest change to Elon Musk's big Twitter revamp.