Twitter's planned purge of dormant accounts, announced by Elon Musk, could have far-reaching consequences, including the potential loss of cherished and sentimental profiles that hold great value to individuals. 🎨: James Marshall
Hicks also argues that Musk’s priorities for the platform are different from those of some of its most ardent users, who see it as a public notebook and a live historical record of events. She points to the, hiking the cost of access to more than $42,000 a month, as an example of how Musk doesn’t understand Twitter’s wider utility.
As with the API access change, money may also play a role here. When Musk first thought of purging inactive accounts back in December 2022, theMany accounts with high-profile or catchy names have been squatted on for years by individuals because of their perceived wealth. If those accounts are co-opted back by Twitter and released either to the person with the most money or the fastest finger, it could become a free-for-all.
The whole episode highlights Musk’s struggles to understand what he owns, argues Kilbride. He says that Twitter isn’t merely a series of messages and accounts, but a complex network. And vanishing potentially billions of accounts would, in effect, break it. “Deleting one account creates holes and gaps right across the record—even for those accounts that remain active and vibrant.”
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