# Twitter: One Account to Rule Them All, or multiple accounts? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 16, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-one-account-to-rule-them-all-or-multiple-accounts/567874 "2011-01-16T22:31:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-one-account-to-rule-them-all-or-multiple-accounts/567874/1 "2011-01-16T22:31:40Z")
I’m just getting started with Twitter after resisting for a long time. I have several different things I’m thinking of using it for: [ul][li]promoting my blog, [50 Books for 50 Bucks](http://50books50bucks.blogspot.com)[/li][li]personal-life stuff (not sure how much of this I’ll do)[/li][li]acting and voice-over stuff[/li][li]literary pursuits, such as 140-character microshort stories or One Different Letter\* entries[/ul][/li] And there may be others. So here’s my question: Should I set up different Twitter accounts for some or all of these things, or put them all under one umbrella and differentiate them some other way? Am I even officially ALLOWED to have more than one? \*One Different Letter is a game I used to play on LiveJournal. People would suggest a word; I would either remove one letter, add one letter, or change one letter, forming a new word. I would then post the new word, with a definition. For example, **zombie** might become **zoombie** (one of those fast-moving brain-munchers like in _28 Days Later_). I’m thinking of moving the game to Twitter and tweeting out one ODL word every day, with a Website that lists all the words that have been done so far. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-one-account-to-rule-them-all-or-multiple-accounts/567874/2 "2011-01-16T22:49:29Z")
I started a few months ago with two accounts, personal and job-related – I just announced on the personal account that anyone following it and not the other should move over, because I’m going to let that one die. It continues to be mostly a work-related account, but that means it’s about 50% work related, 30% miscellaneous links that I find interesting, and 20% personal remarks. I think you’re better off with a single account; it will be more active and more varied, which is more apt to attract followers. As you get into a regular Twitter routine, you’ll realize that no one you follow is 100% interesting to you all the time. You can differentiate things with hash tags to enable people to find particular topics or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-one-account-to-rule-them-all-or-multiple-accounts/567874/3 "2011-01-16T22:50:27Z")
My only piece of advice is that you be aware that if you use the same Twitter account for blog promotion and personal tweets… you’d better only tweet the cheerful stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-one-account-to-rule-them-all-or-multiple-accounts/567874/4 "2011-01-17T04:51:44Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > (snip)…You can differentiate things with hash tags to enable people to find particular topics or whatever. Okay, what are hash tags? Complete Twitter newbie here. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-one-account-to-rule-them-all-or-multiple-accounts/567874/5 "2011-01-17T05:51:35Z")
Hash tags are like categories you make up, which begin with a “#” which in most countries is known as the hash. #helpful ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-one-account-to-rule-them-all-or-multiple-accounts/567874/6 "2011-01-17T06:34:41Z")
I have two twitter accounts. One is public, and one is hobby-related, and is under a pseudonym, because I’d prefer for potential employers not to know about it. (Although it is locked anyway.) If you decide to go that route, I recommend the TweetDeck application, which allows you to look at both accounts at the same time, and even send your tweets to both accounts simultaneously, if you so desire.