Felicia Davin
Though I appreciate and need reminders that writing is the most important thing, I should clarify that my own social media presence is not the result of pressure to sell books. I'm just a full-time internet. I have been since I was eleven or twelve. Don't know any other way to live.
Nov 16, 2022 at 7:57pmWeb
Show threadFelicia DavinNov 16, 2022

I mean, I do fantasize about being less easily distracted and more able to focus on writing for hours a day. But I also spend a lot of time working at home alone (or parenting at home, which is not being alone, but at this stage there's not much conversation happening), so checking social media is really a way to have a little bit of human interaction and feel less lonely.

I'm wary of demonizing all social media, or all screen time, when really it provides a lot of good.

Show threadEm (Serenade)Nov 16, 2022
@FeliciaDavin
I forget exactly what reminded me of this recently but I too have gotten a lot of social interaction via the internet since 13 or so and at this point I am just Like This.
I should log off more than I have recently (I've been anxious about missing friends' updates about their new Internet homes) but internet connections can be real ones and I'm happier when I give myself that.
Show threadFelicia DavinNov 17, 2022
@serenadestrong They definitely can! I feel anxious about losing track of people, too.
Show threadazteclady has movedNov 16, 2022
@FeliciaDavin I am a hermit by inclination, but without online interactions, I don't know I'd still be here--and I know I'm far from a minority on this.
Show threadFelicia DavinNov 17, 2022
@herhandsmyhands ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Show threadZoa ProtoDec 6, 2022

@FeliciaDavin

That's good self-awareness.

Show threadAna CoquiNov 16, 2022
@FeliciaDavin as a late Gen-x it was more of something I adopted in my 20s but full-time internet about sums it up.
Show threadSara ReineNov 16, 2022
@FeliciaDavin I too am a full-time internet. I have mild agoraphobia, dependency on cannabis for anxiety means I can't really drive anywhere, a bum hip means I can't do the 2+ mile walk to reach anything resembling civilization, and the internet is always conveniently in my computer. I'm grateful to have a new place to set down when things on twitter are wobbly. I'd be a lot messier right now if I didn't have masto.
Show threadFelicia DavinNov 17, 2022
@skimgoth It's so necessary ❤️