I would be really bored and basically out of a job (I'm an aspiring animator so ye) It'd be a big F in the chat
I actually hate using the internet professionally and have been working towards a future where I don’t need to rely on a social media presence for years now so I actually think I would fair well.
I have an agent who I communicate on the phone with who manages to get me advances on my work that are more than livable, my books are in hundreds of book and comic shops all over the world and my royalty checks can be pretty good, I (usually) do a lot of the big conventions and could transition all my networking to irl events (which honestly I have found to be more effective anyway).
I do use the internet for supplemental income but I could just pick up more work that my agent sends to me (the work I normally say no to) and it would honestly probably make me more money (though I would be suffering through some of it).
My comedy hobby is already something I have to do irl more than online since I’m still pretty early in it to be posting any of that online but honestly not having to think about how to post on social media would make it a lot easier for me. One less thing to think about.
I also live next to one of the best libraries in the states which is already an invaluable resource to me.
I do socialize a lot online but I probably socialize just as much irl. It might just force me to strengthen my local friendships.
All in all, I think I have done a good job of shielding myself in case something like that were to ever occur.
I'm somewhere in between. I lived for a while away from the internet and I was a little more relaxed, and that reminded me of when I was a kid and went to the park with my cousins or watched TV, but I missed it. It's not an addiction. I know that I can handle it, BUT without it, I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't have learned anything I know now. I wouldn't know how to draw or design a comic. Then, I couldn't live without it but, it wouldn't be the end of the world for me either.
Depends on how long. I have enough books and comics (and offline games) to keep me sane if I have to stay home without internet. If it is down forever... well I think that would be the least of my problems as it seems the whole world is dependent on it - doomsday mode off, I think I would manage but it wouldn't be pleasant without as I love youtube and webcomics.
I know a ton of people harp on how bad the internet, and specifically social media, is and how it would benefit the world if it didn't exist but honestly, I'm really glad it exists. The internet has helped me promote myself to an audience that I wouldn't be able to reach outside of my neighborhood. Its also helped with interaction, making new friends and keeping in touch with old ones, along with family who live far away. That last part is something that's very important to me since due to the flexibility I have with my college schedule, there isn't a lot of room with social interaction like there was when I was in high school. If the internet was gone, I feel I'd be worse off
Local is not the same as reaching readers/fans nationwide or worldwide. Imagine going to a convention in a city you've never been to before, and someone approaches you, buys a comic, and tells you that they've been enjoying your art/comics- that would be the coolest thing for me.
Local and internet has both his cons and pros like everything but most people don´t know
what they miss because they never tried. I like trying everything. I´m not against the internet.
And the convention thing works with or without the internet.
My point is, don´t forget the real world, speaking to people, meet people, it is important
Indeed the Internet has its pros (and many forget how privileged they are to have access to the world to see your content)
But if it was gone it's not the end of the world. We were able to connect in person. What would happen is that oversaturation will diminish. brick and morter establishments killed by online stores will resurge.
Back to those days when you could promote your comic in your local small run comic store. Connect with people, organise cons,fanzines,flyers etc it was more personal.
A certain generation never experienced those days and the Internet is so engrained in the culture that it would be hard to transition I would think.
It's a fragile system we live in right now.
I think it´s a huge advantage to know and use both worlds.
I use online tools like emails but I never had the feeling of depending on it.
An email is the same for me like sending a handwritten letter or making a phone call
and that´s how I did it before the internet.
I work as an artist and a musician. I don´t depend on youtube or facebook for the
promotion, I play shows all over the world and talk to the people and I book shows
on the telephone. I will do the same thing when my printed comic comes out and
that´s where I see my advantage compared to people who only focus on the internet.
I drive from comic shop to comic shop, talk to the people, do quick drawings, talk
about the book, show my face, I do it exactly like I would propmote a music album.
Maybe I´ll sing some songs too or play the soundtrack of the comic
I agree with this. I feel like there has been a lot of benefits to the internet that a lot of people don't really think about.
Think of such technologies as credit card readers. And if we ever went back to the old way, I am pretty sure a lot of people would not be happy.
In the 90s it was called the Information Superhighway, and that is sort of how I still see it. A lot of people have gain access to information that they could not before. It has also allowed us to have a larger interaction on a global scale. And I think the international exchange of culture and ideas is something that is ultimately good.
Most days I feel it was more akin to giving a rabid chimpanzee a megaphone.
But I am often astounded at how fast we handed the entire thing over to advertisers, spy organizations, corporate misinformation peddlers, and other bad actors allowing them to operate on a scale they could only dream of last century.
All in exchange for the ability to look at unlimited porn.
I think you are confusing social media with the internet as a whole. I do believe things like email, online shopping, ebooks/digital libraries, internet archives has given access to resources that people might have not had off line. I do agree Twitter has always been a shitty website and I hate that people use it to define their whole identity.
...has been bent to the needs of the nefarious. So have all of the devices we use to access it. Any promise of freeing us from the old ways it once had is long gone.
But this is what we all wanted. Use it because these days you can't do much without it. But never lose sight of what the beast really is.
I'd be a walkway bricklayer. My favorite outdoor chore was making rock/stone garden walkways. Super satisfying to see when things get completed. Primitive Luxury.
Hm, I think the real world equivalent of promoting my comics would actually be posters/graffiti. Actually speaking to people requires demanding their attention, whereas on the Internet you just post something in a publicly accessibly spot and people can check it out or not of their own perogative. The line between 'speaking to/meeting people' and 'mutually braindumping in what happens to be the same spot' gets blurred.
... in fact, I will probably try posters or graffiti if the Internet does go down. At that point, purely cosmetic vandalism of public spaces is probably the least of people's worries 
I'll tell people to come to a particular location during particular hours and bring a USB/computer so I can upload my comics onto it. No printing, no bookstores, I can't draw in cmykmy stories are free for the people 
Every penny I have earned for the past decade or so has been through the internet because I do commissions for a living, so...
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