The garden as opposed to the river as metaphore for online interaction. The advent of scrolling feeds has brought a temporal and spatial dislocation of participants in mediated discourses. This finding can be underpinned by empirical observations and philosophical conclusions.
The Garden and the Stream: A Technopastoral. Opening keynote for dLRN 2015. Delivered October 16th @ Stanford. Mike Caulfield. post 
Mike Caulfield argues for a move from streams of response and reaction to gardens of connections, of intentional, designed, thoughtfully constructed spaces. Keynote: The Garden and the Stream blog.