Facebook and Instagram introduce time limit tool
Facebook and Instagram are releasing a new tool to limit how much time people spend on their apps. The announcement follows concerns that excessive social media use can have a negative impact on mental health.
Users will now be able to check how much time they've spent scrolling, set a reminder for when they've reach their allotted time, and mute notifications for a period of time.
But some people say it doesn't go far enough. "I wouldn't say it's a radical change or that it's going to really change a lot about the way that most people use Facebook or Instagram," Grant Blank, from the Oxford Internet Institute, tells Newsbeat. "It strikes me as a way to balance their corporate interest of keeping people spending as much time as possible on Facebook, while still being responsive to people who find the continual notifications to be disturbing or distracting."
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02 2018, @02:44AM (7 children)
Just delete Facrbook. Walk away... life it too short to waste on social masturbation sites.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Mykl on Thursday August 02 2018, @02:48AM (6 children)
Speaking of which, I wonder if they'll roll out a similar tool on Pornhub?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02 2018, @02:56AM (4 children)
Don't we already have a time limiter at hand, so to speak? How many hours can you stroke that thing before it starts getting sore?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02 2018, @02:57AM (2 children)
How many hours are in a day?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02 2018, @03:15AM
How many hours are in a life?
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday August 02 2018, @05:46AM
If you are doing all the hours of the day, clearly something is wrong the way you do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday August 02 2018, @01:43PM
Apple support line: you're holding it wrong.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02 2018, @11:05AM
Why would I want to spend less time at Pornhub?