Deleting & Cleanup • 4 min read • August 2026

Which old posts are actually worth deleting?

Sourced: visibility-filtering/rules/tweet_label_drops.rs
Direct Answer

You should only delete posts that present active policy or reputation hazards: (1) obvious engagement bait ("Comment YES for DM"), (2) dead or blacklisted outbound affiliate links, (3) crypto airdrop or giveaway templates that feed Grox spam classifiers, and (4) rapid burst reply spam. Leave normal conversational replies and older thoughts alone.

What People Get Wrong

Myth: "You should delete every tweet with zero likes to improve your account ratio."
Reality: Zero-like tweets have zero negative weight in the scorer. Only active user reports, mutes, blocks, and spam flags inflict negative penalties.
Myth: "Deleting retweets does nothing because they are not your original tweets."
Reality: Retweets clutter your public timeline and can draw mutes from profile visitors. Cleaning old retweets creates a clean, authoritative profile layout.

What the Code & Rules Actually Say

visibility-filtering/rules/tweet_label_drops.rs
Referenced Rules & Signals:
• SPAM_HIGH_RECALL_DROP
• FOSNR_ABUSE_INSULTS_OON_DROP
• MALICIOUS_URL_DROP

These confirmed drop rules in tweet_label_drops.rs represent the suppression patterns referenced in visibility filters. Note: XPurge's "Engagement Bait" and "Crypto Spam" scanner tags are internal heuristics that flag patterns often associated with spam drop rules — they are not separate named rules in the open-source repo.

Surgical Action Plan

1 Audit your archive in XPurge and check the "Engagement Bait" tab.
2 Check the "Excessive Links" tab to locate dead promo links or expired domains.
3 Review and batch un-repost old retweets to declutter your timeline.
4 Delete selected batches and verify that your live profile displays focused content.
Where this shows up in XPurge

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