I haven't been using this account as much lately. Here's why:

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The biggest reason, by far: I've just been really busy. My primary duties on the WoW Community team are video-related; working with streamers/YouTubers, creating our own video content (such as Feature Previews and Patch Survival Guides), and assisting with Esports-related content and communications. There are a LOT of those sorts of projects that are in the "laying groundwork" stages right now, which means I have a ton of work to do, which means I have very little leftover time for the tweetins.

Like I said, that's by far the biggest thing preventing me from spending more time here at the moment. When I do have time to spend on talking to players, I'm not sure this account is really the best place for me to do so. Few scattered thoughts on why:

- If what I have to say is exciting new info about the game, that's the sort of thing that should come from @Warcraft or directly from the dev team at @WarcraftDevs. While it's fun for my ego to put my name on something, I don't think it's really a great experience for the end user (e.g.: you) to have to follow 3+ different accounts just to try to keep up on new WoW info.

- If what I have to say is just a personal opinion, it feels weird to share that from an "official" Blizzard account. I already have a personal Twitter at @devolore, and that seems like the right place for those sorts of things.

- If what I have to say is somewhere inbetween "exciting new info" and "personal opinion," then it's usually some kind of philosophical explanation of why something is a certain way, and the forums are a much better place for that sort of post. Honestly, I should post on the forums more anyway.

That kind of leaves @CM_Lore with stuff that's "not just a personal opinion but also not particularly interesting"... and I'm not sure what that even is, lol. And if it's not even interesting, it's probably not worth your time, let alone mine.

All that being said, having a separate account for people to tweet at about work-related stuff is actually fairly helpful. Not only does it make sure I see those tweets, but it makes sure that when I see them, I'm actually in the office where I can do something about it (as opposed to having to try to remember later). There's probably a lot of other ways I could achieve the same goal, but this method works pretty well. So yeah, don't feel like just because I'm not tweeting as much from here that I'm also not reading/acting on the tweets you send me.

TL;DR of the above:
- I'm buried under a lot of projects that aren't Twitter right now, and that's by far the biggest thing keeping me from tweeting more
- Most of what I would tweet from this account should probably come from something like @Warcraft or @WarcraftDevs, or my personal account at @devolore.
- I do read all of @CM_Lore's mentions, so don't feel like I'm not listening!

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