> Because deleting it would remove the one bit of evidence that this happened and may well wipe out the data that would allow establishing how this was done. T

> Because deleting it would remove the one bit of evidence that this happened and may well wipe out the data that would allow establishing how this was done. This has big "When the authorities get here I'll be vindicated!" energy, by which I mean: there's no forensics team heading out to the data warehouse to get to the bottom of what happened. Your tweet isn't that important and it makes sense that Twitter wants you to delete the tweet as a show of good faith.