After a couple of years, I am extremely convinced: threading is a superpower. It doesn't actually require much intelligence or skill. You just need to ask, "is this thing relevant or related to any other thing?" – and if it is, you thread it. It takes minimal effort and yields 
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My experience playing with threads on Twitter has bled over into several other aspects of my digital life. I now use FB cover photos to thread related FB statuses. I've casually begun sorting my iPhone photos into folders. My bookmarks, too. I'm a different person for it
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Visakan Veerasamy Retweeted Visakan Veerasamy
You don't have to use Twitter for this. The idea in the abstract is to develop a sense of the things that you're interested in— by collecting, comparing and ordering them. Once you've presented these things, people will even contribute to your collections!https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1053004474392793088 …
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Visakan Veerasamy @visakanvA cool thing that I didn't entirely anticipate when doing threads was that people start sending me things that fit in them! I love it. pls feel free to send me tweets that are 1. historical fun facts 2. cool maps 3. "whoa" 4. really funny 5. insightful threads 6. good questionsShow this thread2 replies 0 retweets 19 likesShow this thread -
Visakan Veerasamy Retweeted Visakan Veerasamy
the idea of threading information is not a new onehttps://twitter.com/visakanv/status/977019031575134209 …
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Visakan Veerasamy Retweeted Visakan Veerasamy
the development of an idea over time on twitterhttps://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1079712931435053056 …
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Visakan Veerasamy @visakanvan interesting thing about being a DIY twitter historian is that you get to see how your own thoughts evolve over time. a thing i am slowly learning is that you don't need to be anxious about forgetting good ideas because they do keep coming back https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/997701132783775745 …Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 10 likesShow this thread -
Visakan Veerasamy Retweeted Visakan Veerasamy
While I originally joined twitter to follow other people (I think? It was a decade ago, and I was intermittently inactive for a few years) this is what I love abt it as a note-taking tool. Discrete bite-sized thoughts over time, threaded when inspiredhttps://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1081570394325188609?s=21 …
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Visakan Veerasamy @visakanvI have one of those massive thoughts that’s hard to pare down and I’m a bit too sleepy and tired so I’ll allude to it and maybe tomorrow-Visa will piece it together - escaping the tyranny of mainstream aesthetics - exercising the relatively new option of refusing to be ashamedShow this thread3 replies 0 retweets 14 likesShow this thread -
Visakan Veerasamy Retweeted Liz Voeller
A path is a thread of pointshttps://twitter.com/voeliz/status/1086520322902257665?s=21 …
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Liz Voeller @voelizRelated: Grid cells and the mapping of space (as opposed to place); a coordinate system independent of location Is my position at the bridge on Tam most critical to the memory capture, or is it the space by which I got there?
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Another cool thing about threads that are built slowly @ organically over time is that both the tweets an the thread itself becomes more valuable over time, & become more deserving of re-examination with each new addition. The value of the chain increases the value of each tweet
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Visakan Veerasamy Retweeted Visakan Veerasamy
The final form (as far as I can tell) is an organic web, a living digital mindcityhttps://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1090384312409612289?s=21 …
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Visakan Veerasamy Retweeted Visakan Veerasamy
In all my searching (and I do a lot of searching) I think there are less than 100 people I’ve encountered who truly, fully appreciate the raw power that Twitter affords you via threads. Wouldn’t be surprised if I’m the world #1 for longest thread-networkhttps://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1094699709027905545?s=21 …
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Visakan Veerasamy @visakanvMost casual players do not appear to have caught on to the true potential utility of Twitter, or perhaps they are indifferent to it. A web of tweets is a living entity that allows players to meet, interact and engage with 1000s of others *at the level of individual thoughts*.Show this thread3 replies 2 retweets 20 likesShow this thread
We need a masters class on this 
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