At its best, social media is like jazz — there’s an improvisational, multi-player quality to it. Following threads, riffing, and quipping creates a collaborative rhythm all its own. I love that!
Then, add in the “threaded style” of social media writing and thinking. There’s a give-and-take, a call-and-response. Ideas build on each other, it’s even more like jazz.
Sometimes, riffs are refined via “collaborating with the network” to the point they become coherent, standalone ideas. And, like an improvisation becoming a composition unto itself, they become standalone essays. Fantastic.
Related: I miss Layer Tennis.
Related: jazz as cinematic universe.
