Proof That Jazz Lives. On Twitter, and Elsewhere.
What greeted me this morning ~ in news, on Twitter AND on Facebook ~ was the announcement that the Library of Congress will be archiving all past, present and presumably future tweets in their digital archives. (See article)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/technology/15twitter.html
Why the uproar? Are there really people still out there who believe there is privacy online, especially in public forums? I’ve always considered Twitter to be totally accessible to anyone with even limited computer skills. I tweet, blog, and Facebook under my own name, so it keeps me somewhat more responsible for my words than it might for some folks who have multiple “screen” names and less savory habits.
But more importantly, I post about my interests. Like Jazz. Or photography, or reading/writing. The main reason I’m excited about the digital archiving of tweets by the LOC is that over time, a great jazz community has sprung up on Twitter. Musicians tweet about their gigs, or what music they’re listening to. Photographers post great images of performances and recording sessions all around the world. Bloggers and magazines post about new releases, interviews, history. Videos abound. Conversations take place. Communication happens. And if you’re looking for daily life and culture in the first decade of the 21st century, years from now, you will find that Jazz was alive and well. On Twitter, and in the real world.
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Great thoughts, Janet. I think the pulse of the jazz scene can be measured on Twitter. Many players are on there constantly as their main way of getting information out to fans and info exchange with other artists and like-minded people, and I think that will become more prevalent in the future. I am also attuned to many “artistic types” who are jazz fans who I might never have been aware of had it not been for their tweeting and blogging. Thanks for the thoughtful post , , , see you in the Twitterverse.