Announced that Twitter will delete dormant accounts, dormant account certification if not logged in for 30 days

Twitter's Elon Musk CEO has announced that he will delete Twitter accounts that have not been used for a while. In response to this remark, some media reports that ``If you do not log in to Twitter for 30 days, your account will be deleted.''

Twitter to remove idle accounts, archive them | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-remove-inactive-accounts-2023-05-08/

Elon Musk says Twitter is purging old accounts, freeing up desired usernames | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/08/elon-musk-says-twitter-is-purging-old-accounts-freeing-up-desired-usernames/

On May 9, 2023, CEO Mask tweeted, ``Because we are deleting accounts that have been inactive for several years, the number of followers may decrease,'' and deleted Twitter accounts that have not been used for a while. I made it clear that

We're purging accounts that have had no activity at all for several years, so you will probably see follower count drop

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 8, 2023

In response to this report, Reuters reported that 'Twitter to delete dormant accounts, login required once every 30 days'.

Twitter to delete dormant accounts Need to log in once every 30 days | Reuters
https://jp.reuters.com/article/twitter-accounts-idJPKBN2WZ15J

Twitter's help center has a page called ' Policy for accounts with no trace of operation ', and at the time of writing the article, the Japanese page said, ' Please log in at least every 6 months. Over time, your account may be permanently deleted.' However, on the same page in the English version, the recommended login period has been shortened to '30 days', suggesting that in the future it will be judged whether or not it is an active account in a shorter span. In response to this, Reuters reports that ``If you do not log in once every 30 days, your account will be deleted.''

Twitter's inactive account policy | Twitter Help
https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/inactive-twitter-accounts

Although it is unknown when Twitter updated the ``Policy for accounts with no trace of operation'', until April 19, 2023, the English version of the help page also said, ``Please log in at least every 6 months. Ars Technica of overseas media points out that it was written as '. Even if you check the web archive of the relevant date, you can see that it is definitely stated as 6 months.

Musk issues ultimatum to inactive Twitter users: Log in or be purged | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/twitter-starts-purging-inactive-accounts-after-quiet-policy-change/

Mr. Mask's dormant account deletion tweet was posted after NPR , an American public broadcaster, stopped using Twitter, so Ars Technica said, `` Mask pressure to rejoin NPR on Twitter. ” is expressed.

NPR labeled 'national media' quits Twitter-GIGAZINE

According to NPR, Mr. Mask mentioned that even before posting the dormant account deletion tweet, even for NPR who stopped using Twitter, ``The same policy is applied to all accounts.There is no special treatment for NPR.'' It says that non-NPR 'allows to reuse the account (@NPR)'. Therefore, NPR reports that 'Earon Mask has threatened to let someone else use Twitter's @NPR account.'

Elon Musk threatens to reassign @NPR on Twitter to 'another company' : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173422311/elon-musk-npr-twitter-reassign