If you are not an active twitter user and have not signed into you account by 11th December, you many as well say good bye to your twitter handle. Any account that hasn’t signed in for more than six months will receive the email alert from the company.
This doesn’t just affect people who’ve abandoned the social media platform; it also stands to have an enormous impact on accounts belonging to the deceased. The the company said;
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. Part of this effort is encouraging people to actively log-in and use Twitter when they register an account, as stated in our inactive accounts policy, We have begun proactive outreach to many accounts who have not logged into Twitter in over six months to inform them that their accounts may be permanently removed due to prolonged inactivity.
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There is no confirmation exactly when recouped usernames will be made available to existing users. This won’t be a one day process, “will happen over many months — not just on a single day,” according to a twitter the spokesperson. So don’t expect some massive username rush to happen on December 12th. It might be awhile. When it comes to accounts of deceased, the company says “We do not currently have a way to memorialize someone’s Twitter account once they have passed on, but the team is thinking about ways to do this”.
The email being sent out has a subject line of “Don’t lose access to @(username).” Here’s what it says:
Hello,To continue using Twitter, you’ll need to agree to the current Terms, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Use. This not only lets you make the best decisions about the information that you share with us, it also allows you to keep using your Twitter account. But first, you need to log in and follow the on-screen prompts before Dec. 11, 2019, otherwise your account will be removed from Twitter.
