I ask people their favorite words

You don't have to stick to asking favorites obviously, but I would still recommend asking things that have very open ended questions. Like asking people "What's the opposite of milk?", that's got infinite different answers with no clear "correct" one.

I'd recommend making a whole new account just for the gimmick blog. Asks only come from the "Main" blog, so you can't send asks from the side blog you make. You can send asks anonymously and tag the side blog in the ask, but this does kind of kneecap asking.

Also if your starting a new favorite-thing-blog you should totally ask everyone on the master list for their favorites thing as well. It's like cross-promotion but cooler since we're not massive companies.

Account Maintenance

Set up a queue

You might think to just reblog right when people answer, but after like a day you realize people are really slow to answer and it's really annoying! Having a queue for everyone who responds is also great for making sure you don't burn out. I recommend having the queue start at 3-5 reblogs a day, and then maybe increase the amount as you build up the queue. As a rule for myself I always make sure that the queue will last at least a week without input so I never feel stressed about it.

Xkit is REALLY useful! (and basically mandatory)

Xkit rewritten is an extension for firefox and chrome that adds a lot of free features to tumblr that just make the experience way better. More importantly for the gimmick blog is Quick Reblog. It lets you quickly queue posts with the correct tag in one click which saves so much time for this type of account. It is also great for making sure you don't accidentally queue the same post twice!

Asking people!

Mostly self explanatory, but there's a couple of things about the tumblr back end that you might not know. You can only send out 10 asks an hour, or 5 asks if your asking anonymously.

The best way to find lots of people to ask at once is through the "Other Reblogs" in the notes of a popular post. To be more specific, some good types of posts are ask game posts like this, or posts about once a year things like anniversaries, holidays, etc.

Also, don't feel anxious about asking random people! As you can tell from this blog, lots of people apparently love answering random questions. If they don't want to participate they'll just not answer, so might as well ask y'know?