In a tweet, he stated, "We're purging accounts that have had no activity at all for several years, so you will probably see your followers count drop."
Digital Desk: Elon
Musk said on Monday that Twitter is deleting accounts that haven't been used in
a long time. He went on to say that users of the microblogging site might
witness a decline in follower count.
In a tweet, he stated,
"We're purging accounts that have had no activity at all for several
years, so you will probably see your followers count drop."
Musk-mandated reforms at
Twitter, such as staff reductions and the elimination of free verification
check marks viewed as signs of authenticity, have alienated users and
advertisers. The blue tick was used to safeguard well-known people against
impersonation and to combat incorrect information.
"We will begin winding down our legacy verified programme
and removing legacy verified checkmarks on April 1st." Individuals can
sign up for Twitter Blue to preserve their blue checkmark on Twitter,"
Twitter noted in a March article.
The blue tick mark system was first implemented on Twitter in
2009 to assist users in determining whether celebrities, politicians, firms and
brands, news organization's, and other accounts "of public interest"
were authentic and not imposters or parody accounts. Previously, the company
did not charge for verification.
Following
the 'blue tick' debacle, Musk said on April 30 that, beginning in May, Twitter
will allow media publishers to charge users each story with a single click. "Rolling
out next month, this platform will allow media publishers to charge users per
article with one click," he tweeted. This allows readers who would not
sign up for a monthly subscription to pay a higher per-article price for
reading an article on occasion. It should be a significant win-win situation
for both media organizations and the general population."
