Similarities between Ancient Playwrights and Social Media

Seemingly every week we have a post about social media; I suppose because it plays such an important role in our lives. To me when the group about Greek plays was presenting in class on Friday it was interesting how each new playwright brought something new to the play to improve it, and many others adopted this way. Thespis added an actor to go along with the chorus, so after many of his contemporaries added an actor. Then Aeschylus added a second actor to improve plays in his opinion. Then Sophocles added a third actor, which Aeschylus soon adopted. This concept of each playwright adding their own feature to the play and making it their own reminded me of the various social media platforms. Facebook allowed you to post pictures or messages to all of your friends. Then Instagram arrives which focuses on posting pictures and being able to like and comment on them, branching off from Facebook's original idea. Snapchat, the most recent social media platform focuses on posting videos or photos for a short limited period of time. It was widely successful so many of its contemporaries adopted this feature, such as Instagram. Both allow you to use stickers and filters on your photos or videos and post them for a short period of time. Each platform while specializing in certain aspects borrows the best features of others and improves on them. Each seemingly perfecting their craft. This same concept can be seen in Ancient Greece and also on social media today.