Twitter Set To Delete 1.5 Billion Inactive Accounts. Know What This Means

More Twitter usernames are ready to become available as the micro-blogging platform is set to delete inactive accounts.

Musk has also said that in a few weeks, tweets will show view count just like videos do.

More Twitter usernames are ready to become available as the micro-blogging platform is set to delete inactive accounts, the new company chief Elon Musk said on Friday. According to Musk, Twitter will delete as many as 1.5 billion inactive accounts.

“Twitter will soon start freeing the name space of 1.5 billion accounts," Musk wrote on Twitter.

“These are obvious account deletions with no tweets & no log in for years," Musk added in next tweet, explaining the nature of inactive accounts that will be taken down.

Twitter will soon start freeing the name space of 1.5 billion accounts

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2022

Earlier in the day, the Twitter boss said that in a few weeks, tweets will show view count just like videos do.

This comes amid reports of Musk mulling to bring changes to the pricing of Twitter's much-talked-about Twitter Blue subscription plan, which is currently on hold. The Twitter Blue plan may cost more for iPhone users. According to the Twitter chief, the Twitter Blue plan will cost $7 if users subscribe to it via the web and $11 if they pay for it through the Twitter app for iPhones, says a report by The Information.

The micro-blogging platform has informed some of its employees that it plans to change the pricing of its Twitter Blue subscription service.

The change in pricing is likely a reflection of the 30 per cent cut that Apple takes on revenues from apps for iOS, its operating system for iPhones and iPads, The Information report added.

To recall, Musk recently criticised the Apple App Store cut, calling it a “hidden 30 per cent tax on the internet" a few days back. To recall, in a tweet, the Tesla CEO also questioned if the iPhone maker hates free speech saying: "Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?"

However, days later, the new Twitter boss and tech billionaire Musk met with Apple CEO Tim Cook and tweeted that a misunderstanding regarding Twitter being removed from Apple App Store had been cleared. This came within a week of Musk claiming that Apple has stopped most of its advertising on the micro-blogging platform and accused the company of threatening to withdraw the platform from its App Store.