So with the increasing visibility of Twitter and Automation Tools, things are becoming harder to manage in the Twitterverse. Not everyone uses automation tools which this content analysis will show.

1. Twitter PersonasBot, Person or Alien

2. Research Assertions/Assumptions Real People Sleep Real People Try New Tools Bots Don’t Sleep as much as people, if at all Some people just tweet a bunch

3. The Process Pick Twitter users in a pseudo random fashion Analyze their tweeting timelines via Tweetstats Review Profile data and recent posts

4. …some clients are dead give away… Tweet Automation Tool Source: tweetstats Automation Available

5. …clients vary by network size… Tweet Automation Tool Source: tweetstats Automation Available

6. Not all Automation Tools Are Obvious

7. The Sneaky BotApp: Appears as Web

8. Not all automation is a bot

9. Could just be a bad PR firm or a Virtual Assistant http://www.prlog.org/10334601-is-twitter-helping-or-hindering-your-business-reclaim-your-business-day-outsource-your-tweets.html

10. @spatially (me) as a baseline Assertions Based on my Usage Most people try different clients Most bloggers import their feeds (see twitterfeed) People rarely abandon a client once they find one People typically use 2 or 3 options Some people research tools (see api usage)

11. Let’s Play a Game

12. Bot or Not?

13. Other options exist, like outsourcing or a person being an Alien

14. @lizstrauss ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Work day http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdlasica/3497033525/

15. @znatrainer 131,000+ Tweets sleep sleep sleep sleep sleep http://www.flickr.com/photos/comfort-mighty/1979425068/sizes/l/

16. @johnhaydon

17. @homedaddy1

18. @guykawasaki My twitter credentials That’s a bunch of clients for just 1 person http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmourati/3179468934/sizes/o/

19. @monetizeurtwit http://www.flickr.com/photos/beluvaloon/1429758459/sizes/o/

20. @Gary0001

21. @pistachio http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanderson/2352230121/sizes/l/

22. @lorimoreno http://www.flickr.com/photos/47216922@N00/2358264933/sizes/l/

23. @mitch92021

24. @brainblayn

25. @pokerreview

26. @jawar http://www.flickr.com/photos/poomkamol/2230127765/sizes/o/

27. @mindjumpers

28. @mark_stoler

29. @theprofitmentor

30. @themediadude http://www.flickr.com/photos/megamanex/4216361409/

31. @nwjerseyliz http://www.flickr.com/photos/ckieff/2902309368/sizes/l/

32. @paisano Sleep ® http://whitecenternow.com/2009/01/22/thursday-food-rosticeria-y-cocina-el-paisano/

33. @mayhemstudios 73,000+ Tweets? Insomnia? http://www.flickr.com/photos/noisypitta/2396125537/sizes/l/

34. Things I’m thinking after wasting 6 hours on this Project Automation is making it harder to learn and share items of value on Twitter I wish I developed an automation tool Sleep disorders can explain some things, but not 131,000+ tweets Twitter is probably not good for insomnia