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Re:Twitter prepares for cull of inactive users by mc32 on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @08:49PM (#21644615)
That sucks!

I have an account. I log in but I never post. I only use it to follow some interesting accounts —that is all. I don’t contact customer service i don’t feign outrage I don’t virtue signal I don’t post memes... it’s by all means passive.

WTF, I just want to follow some accounts which disseminate useful information.

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Re:Twitter prepares for cull of inactive users by iamaelephant on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @09:00PM (#21644662)
That represents probably the overwhelming majority of Twitter usage. Your account will be fine.
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Re:Twitter prepares for cull of inactive users by tehwebguy on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @08:53PM (#21644631)
I think that counts as doing something
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Re:Twitter prepares for cull of inactive users by jcims on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @11:10PM (#21645163)
The best type of twitter account is the one that brings eyeballs to the platform. Yours is the second best. You're fine.
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Re:Twitter prepares for cull of inactive users by lukec11 on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @11:28PM (#21645251)
I do the same with Reddit and HN - I have an account because I'm on the platform, but I rarely comment. This probably won't be a great move for Twitter, especially given how little time they've provided.
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Re:Twitter prepares for cull of inactive users by hombre_fatal on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @09:30PM (#21644797)
> Twitter will begin deleting accounts that have been inactive for more than six months, unless they log in before an 11 December deadline.
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Re:Twitter prepares for cull of inactive users by mc32 on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @09:37PM (#21644824)
I’m responding to my parent poster who quotes: “In future, the firm said it would also look at accounts where people have logged in but don't "do anything" on the platform.”

I guess it depends on what “don’t do anything” translates to in Twitterspeak.

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Re:Twitter prepares for cull of inactive users by stOneskull on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @11:29PM (#21645255)
Maybe "on the platform" should be emphasised. Like if you just use your twitter account to log into another site or something.
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Re:Twitter prepares for cull of inactive users by yungnoob on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @09:43PM (#21644841)
The old Yahoo Mail strategy. See how well that one worked out.
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Re:Twitter prepares for cull of inactive users by biddlesby on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @01:46AM (#21645814)
I don't get this reference: what happened at Yahoo mail and how did it work out?
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Re:Twitter prepares for cull of inactive users by meroje on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @07:40AM (#21647353)
They removed inactive accounts. And made the handles available to register again by someone else.
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Re:Twitter prepares for cull of inactive users by lilyball on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @09:29PM (#21644790)
Do you come into contact with Twitter advertising? Then you’re probably fine.
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Re:Twitter prepares for cull of inactive users by cvhashim on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @09:12PM (#21644713)
They probably have ways of getting the metric usage for lurkers
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