{"id":179297,"date":"2019-11-28T17:59:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T09:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1812133\/"},"modified":"2019-11-28T17:59:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T09:59:58","slug":"twitter-wont-shutter-inactive-accounts-until-it-can-memorialize-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/28\/twitter-wont-shutter-inactive-accounts-until-it-can-memorialize-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Won\u2019t Shutter Inactive Accounts Until It Can Memorialize the Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A day after confirming plans to repossess inactive accounts, Twitter announced it will delay the process out of respect for the dead.<\/span><\/p>\n

The microblogging service has already begun<\/a> emailing dormant accounts that have not been signed into for more than six months.<\/span><\/p>\n

“As part of our commitment to serve the public conversation, we’re working to clean up inactive accounts to present more accurate, credible information people can trust across Twitter,” a spokesperson said this week.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the Dec. 11 deadline to log in (before idle accounts are removed and thrown into a grab bag of names for <\/span>Hunger Games<\/span><\/i>-style selection) appears to have been suspended.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We’ve heard your feedback about our effort to delete inactive accounts and want to respond and clarify,” Twitter Support said on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve heard you on the impact that this would have on the accounts of the deceased. 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.<\/p>\n

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) November 27, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n