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Twitter will start deleting inactive accounts in December (updated) - Engadget
This could wipe out accounts for the deceased.
If you haven't been using Twitter lately but don't want someone to grab your username, you might want to sign in shortly. Twitter is notifying users that it'll start removing accounts that haven't signed in for at least six months. It'll begin the purge after December 11th, although a Twitter spokesperson stressed that the account closures will take place over "many months" -- you won't see legions of usernames become available on December 12th. You don't have to post to keep an account, so don't worry about having to pretend to be active.
The company explained the clean-up as part of an effort to "present more accurate, credible information" that people can rely on. While it didn't elaborate on what that meant, this could help you find the users and tweets you're looking for instead of having to wade through a sea of quickly-abandoned accounts. This could also make it harder for porn merchants and propagandists to hijack accounts for the sake of spam.
This could wipe out accounts for the deceased.
If you haven't been using Twitter lately but don't want someone to grab your username, you might want to sign in shortly. Twitter is notifying users that it'll start removing accounts that haven't signed in for at least six months. It'll begin the purge after December 11th, although a Twitter spokesperson stressed that the account closures will take place over "many months" -- you won't see legions of usernames become available on December 12th. You don't have to post to keep an account, so don't worry about having to pretend to be active.
The company explained the clean-up as part of an effort to "present more accurate, credible information" that people can rely on. While it didn't elaborate on what that meant, this could help you find the users and tweets you're looking for instead of having to wade through a sea of quickly-abandoned accounts. This could also make it harder for porn merchants and propagandists to hijack accounts for the sake of spam.