with tiktok temporarily closed, maybe it’s time to rethink how we use the internet. imagine if instagram shut down at 9 pm, like a grocery store, or X closed at 11 pm (open late, but not 24/7). we might all feel a little less pressure—to read, to post, to exist online all the time. maybe we’d sleep better, feel calmer, even be happier. a digital commons with operating hours, enforcing temporal boundaries. it would disrupt the dopamine factory, recalibrate the rhythm of online life, & impose artificial scarcity to make digital engagement feel intentional, not compulsive.