{"id":101459,"date":"2023-05-09T09:17:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T09:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/09\/elon-musk-is-removing-the-tweets-of-people-whove-died-to-save-space\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T09:17:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T09:17:12","slug":"elon-musk-is-removing-the-tweets-of-people-whove-died-to-save-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/09\/elon-musk-is-removing-the-tweets-of-people-whove-died-to-save-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Is Removing The Tweets Of People Who&#8217;ve Died To Save Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Of all the selections\u00a0<strong>Elon Musk<\/strong> has made since shopping for <strong>Twitter<\/strong>, this will grow to be essentially the most universally reviled.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday the billionaire introduced Twitter was going to be, for the primary time, deleting outdated accounts just because they have been now not energetic. He wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re purging accounts that have had no activity at all for several years, so you will probably see follower count drop.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re purging accounts which have had no exercise in any respect for a number of years, so you&#8217;ll most likely see follower depend drop<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1655608985058267139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What\u2019s the deal? Why do that? Well, ever since he (reportedly) overpaid by fairly some margin for the social media platform, Elon has been making an attempt to trim the fats wherever he can. And, in lots of of those instances, tech specialists have identified he\u2019s really chopping off some important organs\u2026 For occasion, on Day One he began firing programmers left and proper, a lot of whom it turned out he wanted to rent again to maintain the positioning working.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/elon-musk-twitter-alt-account-posing-son\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Related: Elon Accidentally Revealed He Has An Alt Account Where He <\/strong><strong>Posts Sex Stuff <\/strong><strong>As His Son<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this case, what\u2019s the hurt? Well\u2026 there are two large causes accounts are inactive. There are customers who give up Twitter\u2026 and there are those that died. There are a number of enjoyable inactive accounts that also maintain significance for individuals. Like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrFNFurter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that one account<\/a> that solely ever tweeted that one <em>Rocky Horror<\/em> joke. We imply, the place would we be if\u00a0<strong>YouTube<\/strong> determined to unlock area and deleted the channel that posted \u201cDavid After Dentist\u201d or \u201cSkateboarding Dog\u201d?<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"CQzUsTFqtW0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Skateboarding Dog\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CQzUsTFqtW0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>But the actual tragedy customers have been fast to level out? It would erase the accounts of misplaced family members.<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of customers responded instantly to inform the Twitter boss he was making a mistake \u2014 imploring him to maintain their late family members\u2019 accounts. On <strong>Facebook<\/strong>, accounts are frozen in time, so you may at all times return and go to your deceased family and friends members\u2019 personally cultivated pages. It can be a disgrace to lose that only for area \u2014 and importantly only for cash.<\/p>\n<p>You seemingly don\u2019t even bear in mind this \u2014 we certain didn\u2019t \u2014 however Twitter talked about doing this years earlier than Elon, again in 2019. The outcry was so robust, the transfer so unpopular, that the corporate scrapped it. Elon, we\u2019re guessing, isn\u2019t going to be moved by all this sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>When one follower \u2014 one in all Elon\u2019s followers apparently, as he even had a blue checkmark \u2014 identified the historic significance of outdated tweets, the billionaire replied:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe accounts will be archived\u2026 But it is important to free up abandoned handles\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Free up deserted handles? So wait\u2026 is that this yet one more determination that\u2019s going to make it more durable to inform which tweets come from the place? We imply, eradicating the verification was dangerous sufficient, however now somebody goes to have the ability to purchase a widely known outdated deal with like\u00a0<strong>@Horse_ebooks<\/strong> and simply go to city tweeting no matter they need?<\/p>\n<p>The account that was your humorous cousin who handed away from most cancers may now change into residence to a white supremacist spewing pro-Trump messages and nice substitute concept rubbish?! Gross\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/tucker-carlson-racist-text-message-white-men-fight-fox-news-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Related: Tucker Carlson\u2019s Secret Racist Text That Freaked Out Fox News!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t assist however marvel if Elon plans to promote these outdated handles \u2014 and simply desires to herald extra $8\/month accounts. Heck, he may even be planning to public sale off the extra in style ones\u2026. who is aware of at this level?<\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s those that are beloved by thousands and thousands. What in regards to the inactive accounts of useless celebrities? Sure, some accounts, like\u00a0<strong>James Caan<\/strong>\u2018s, get taken over by a friend or employee. But not all. <strong>Carrie Fisher<\/strong>\u2018s account is all her, as is <strong>Bob Saget<\/strong>\u2018s. Some actually end beautifully as the star knew they didn\u2019t have a lot time.\u00a0<strong>Willie Garson<\/strong>\u2018s last tweet continues to be sitting there on his web page, greeting you want an outdated good friend. He wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBE KIND TO EACH OTHER\u2026\u2026ALWAYS. LOVE TO ALL. APRROACH KINDNESS.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BE KIND TO EACH OTHER\u2026\u2026ALWAYS. LOVE TO ALL. APRROACH KINDNESS.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Willie Garson ???????? (@WillieGarson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillieGarson\/status\/1434337534474027008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Leonard Nimoy<\/strong>\u2018s last tweet, too:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cA life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP [Live Long and Prosper]\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A life is sort of a backyard. Perfect moments will be had, however not preserved, besides in reminiscence. LLAP<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leonard Nimoy (@TheActualNimoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealNimoy\/status\/569762773204217857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 23, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And that might be taken away from us? To save\/make a couple of bucks?? Maybe he\u2019ll keep away from deleting celebs\u2019 accounts. He definitely cares what they assume \u2014 he made an exception for the blue examine with sure stars, whether or not they wished him to or not. But that received\u2019t shield your grandmother\u2019s account. Or your college good friend\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>What do YOU assume, Perezcious readers?<\/p>\n<p><em>[Image via MEGA\/WENN\/Carrie Fisher\/Willie Garson\/Bob Saget\/Twitter.]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Of all the selections\u00a0Elon Musk has made since shopping for Twitter, this will grow to be essentially the most universally reviled. On Monday the billionaire introduced Twitter was going to be, for the primary time, deleting outdated accounts just because they have been now not energetic. He wrote: \u201cWe\u2019re purging accounts that have had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-101459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}