Twitter is Planning to Remove Roughly 1.5 Billion Accounts
Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter Inc., said that the microblogging site will soon deactivate roughly 1.5 billion dormant accounts.
In a tweet, Elon Musk said: “Twitter will soon start freeing the name space of 1.5 billion accounts.”
Twitter will soon start freeing the name space of 1.5 billion accounts
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2022
Accounts that have not been logged in or tweeted for years will be terminated, he added.
“These are obvious account deletions with no tweets & no log in for years,” he said.
These are obvious account deletions with no tweets & no log in for years
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2022
A few hours before this announcement, Musk stated that tweets, like videos, will begin to reflect view count.
“Twitter is working on a software update that will show your true account status, so you know clearly if you’ve been shadowbanned, the reason why and how to appeal,” he added more.
Twitter is working on a software update that will show your true account status, so you know clearly if you’ve been shadowbanned, the reason why and how to appeal
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2022
Twitter, on the other hand, plans to raise the price of its Twitter Blue subscription to $11 per month from $7.99 per month if purchased through its iPhone app and to $7 if purchased on the website, according to Reuters, citing a source briefed on the plans.
