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There is a Twitter account (@StackChemistry) for this website which frequently tweets Questions and Answers .
Recently while editing a question of mine I came across this : 

    Tweeted twitter.com/#!/StackChemistry/status/569049562998034433 occurred Feb 21 at 8:22

So,
Who controls this account ?
Which questions are tweeted ?
Why are there 350+ avid users and only 55 followers of that account ? (just a rhetoric )

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    $\begingroup$ Hey, who knows? Maybe a user isn't "avid" yet, but is following that account. Still, due to censorship and stupid stuff like that, I can't follow, even if I want to. (Not that I like to do so. :P Seriously, what's the point in following it?) $\endgroup$
    – M.A.R.
    Commented Mar 23, 2015 at 20:20
  • $\begingroup$ Related on MSE: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/183407/… $\endgroup$
    – Andrew T.
    Commented Mar 31, 2015 at 4:31

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It's a bot. I think it tweets question/answer pairs with some number of votes on both, or questions with a high vote count but no answer.

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  • $\begingroup$ Looks convincing. $\endgroup$
    – Del Pate
    Commented Mar 28, 2015 at 5:42
  • $\begingroup$ @DelPate the bot, or Manish, or the answer? :) $\endgroup$
    – M.A.R.
    Commented Mar 30, 2015 at 16:50
  • $\begingroup$ Why can't I be all three? $\endgroup$
    – ManishEarth
    Commented Mar 31, 2015 at 3:24
  • $\begingroup$ @ManishEarth Because bots don't go mad on good questions while we do. $\endgroup$
    – Del Pate
    Commented Apr 1, 2015 at 14:51
  • $\begingroup$ @MARamezani The bot's work :) $\endgroup$
    – Del Pate
    Commented Apr 1, 2015 at 14:52
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It would be nice if the Twitter account pulled any images from questions to make them more attractive to twitter users and also included more information about the question.

From @StackChemistry account: Example from @StackChemistry account

Example that I think could potentially solicit more interest from Twitter Example that I think would solicit more responses

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    $\begingroup$ +1, Looks like a good idea. I think opening a new question on meta will garner more views/opinions than as an answer to a question with an accepted answer. $\endgroup$
    – Del Pate
    Commented Apr 1, 2015 at 14:55
  • $\begingroup$ Thanks, I'll do that! $\endgroup$
    – Melanie Shebel
    Commented Apr 2, 2015 at 1:25

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