Time passes differently online, and I think we all kind of feel that. In 2009, “platform studies” really took speed as a field that explores the computer systems that support creative work.1 In other words: how do digital platforms (like social media) shape the conditions for how we think, act, create, and relate to others? This begs the question: How does this shape our sense of time?

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