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Musk Says Twitter Will Purge Inactive Accounts

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story
MAY 2023
Image copyright: Gizmodo
story last updated MAY 2023

The Spin

Narrative A

Musk continues to work toward making Twitter better. The platform needed changes so it could raise much-needed revenue and move closer to being the free-speech haven Musk promised it would become. Purging these accounts will allow active users to utilize popular handles and cut back on bots.

Bloomberg

Narrative B

Like Twitter’s new “verification” plan that doesn’t verify identity, this purge sounds like another scheme Musk has announced without thinking it all the way through. Hopefully, if he goes forward with the purge, he’ll be careful because many consider the accounts of deceased loved ones to be digital tombstones — documenting a chronology of important historical information. If ever there was a situation for Musk to react to the backlash, it’s this one.

Forbes

Metaculus Prediction


Public Figures

Elon Musk


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