A Writer's Notebook, Day Nine-Hundred-And-Sixty-Five

I wish that I could find a way to use social media that was not so draining for me.  There are aspects of Twitter that I see and wish I could feel more involved with, but I find it so difficult to even use the platform that it just drains me.  This is true in all the various social networks I've looked at.  The interfaces are all designed in ways that I find entirely confusing and non-intuitive, and I find it impossible to do even basic things without great stress.  The issues I have with hand-eye coordination and spatial reasoning make it very taxing.  Their are times when I want to post something, but by the time I am able to find the app and get whatever set up, I am not able to remember my original intent.  I will see a post and want to reply, but will get flustered just dealing with the interface and will quit in frustration.  What is even worse, I feel ashamed writing this, because I know others who don't have my experiences often think what I am claiming is silly, or will blame me for not taking some time and learning.  I am told all the time that a major part of being able to succeed as a writer these days is your platform and that building a social media following and an online presence are extremely important, and I would be happy to do those things, if someone will provide me a way to do it that is accessible to a person with my disabilities, and if that can't be done, then I do not want to be punished as a writer for not being able to create that following myself.

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