Twitter backs off on a plan to give away unused old accounts after people complain that it would mean erasing their dead loved ones from the internet
it was putting on hold a plan to delete inactive accounts amid concerns that accounts from deceased users would be swept up in the purge. While it's great to see Twitter clearing out the accounts of living people who aren't using them, Twitter also represents an important record of those no longer here.
"We've heard you on the impact that this would have on the accounts of the deceased," Twitter said. "This was a miss on our part. We will not be removing any inactive accounts until we create a new way for people to memorialize accounts." next month of all those who hadn't logged in during the past six months.
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