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They could have a threshold for deletion, only deleting account with <1k followers. This would spare accounts with real historical value.
by arnaudsm 7y ago
They could have a threshold for deletion, only deleting account with <1k followers. This would spare accounts with real historical value.
- dmix 7y agoOr a way to mark accounts as memorialized. Or we can just use archive sites to access old data. But they’re always slow and don’t let you search it properly.
- Shank 7y ago“Sorry, your daughter has less than 1,000 followers, and has no real historical significance. Her account will be deleted and reclaimed as a result following the memorialization process.”
- syshum 7y agoThis is not about Historical Value.
- Thorrez 7y agoSome people care about historical value. Consider the previous BBC post about it: > So too would accounts set up specifically as an archive, such as @POTUS44, a collection of all the tweets made by President Barack Obama while in office. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50567751 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50567751