Scanning ahead...

Even in the fast-moving world of social media, patience can still be a virtue

- By Jon Devo

Scroll through TikTok or Instagram and you will notice something curious. Stop motion and time-lapse clips are thriving. Lego builds itself, flowers bloom in seconds, cities pulse in fast-forward. These short fragments attract millions of views. In an age of collapsing attention spans, the techniques that demand patience have become the most reliable way to hold an audience on social media.