presence pressure
/ˈprɛzəns ˈprɛʃər/nounUnverifiedThe unspoken obligation to remain reachable and visibly online, independent of any actual task.
No message arrives, yet the green dot must stay green; the status must say available, the read receipts must be instant. Presence pressure is labor with no deliverable — the work of seeming present so that absence is never discovered.
Etym. — presence + pressure: not workload but witness-load, the demand to be seen being there.
Rel. — availability creep · attention rent
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