I think it’s a useful way of doing things and it means people have another optional way of effectively subscribing without all the casual chatter that I might personally do on Twitter. At most there might be 3-5 tweets in a day, so it’s not like it’s a spammer account that just sits there all day retweeting stuff.

Equally, I follow a bunch of automated Twitter accounts that do the same, nothing wrong with an automated Twitter feed as long as it has it’s use for some people.

I have 2 accounts (1 personal & 1 for my blog) for the exact reason you said, Rhys, most people aren’t interested in my inane chatter. Also, I was drowning out my blog with everything else I was posting. I don’t automate them, though. I used to, but I didn’t always want to send to Twitter as soon as I hit publish.

I wouldn’t tweet on 2 accounts, too much hard work, but I’d create them, just to secure the names.

Maybe with so much going on, it’s all the more reason to set them up.

Question: I tried to secure a second name, but Twitter didn’t seem to let me sign it up using the same e-mail address. Do we seriously need a separate e-mail address for each Twitter account?

What I do now is use HootSuite and automate my Tweets via a RSS feed. I also use Ping.fm…again via HootSuite.