DelhiDesk Twitter’s decision to purge inactive accounts has sparked outcry from users who have lost access to the thoughts and words of deceased loved ones linked to now-inactive accounts. Many people have used social media to process grief and reconnect with lost loved ones, making their digital footprints an important part of the grieving process. While some social media sites, such as Facebook and Instagram, allow users to request an account be deactivated or memorialized, Twitter has not yet implemented such a feature. The decision to delete inactive accounts has also raised concerns about losing historical tweets documenting important events, commentary, and breaking news. While Musk has said that inactive accounts will be archived, it is unclear what that process will entail and whether archived accounts will be easily accessible.
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👉 Emily processed her grief and reconnected with her sister on Twitter, but Jessica’s account has been purged due to inactivity.
👉 The decision to purge inactive accounts has caused outcry from those who have lost the thoughts and words of deceased loved ones linked to now-inactive accounts.
👉 The loss of these digital footprints can bring about a sense of mourning again.
👉 The late loved one’s social media can be both a healthy way to process grief and gather as a community in remembrance.
👉 Advocates of purging accounts cite skewed metrics caused by inactive accounts or bogus accounts on social media platforms.
👉 Twitter operates in many ways like a library of data, and deleting inactive accounts could mean losing tweets that documented historical events, commentary and breaking news on the app over the years.
👉 Musk did say the reasoning behind removing inactive accounts was to free up unused Twitter handles, or user names, and that those inactive accounts would be archived.
👉 Picking and choosing accounts for deactivation would create precisely the kind of tiered system that Musk says he wants to avoid.
👉 Twitter’s policy states that an account is determined inactive through log-ins, and users should log in at least every 30 days.
👉 Online resources can help keep a person’s memory alive in a way that just personal memory can’t.
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