This new Instagram tool is called “Take a Break” and it prompts you to take a break after spending some time with the aplicación.
One of the most habitual popular networks today, alongside TikTok, especially among younger users, is undoubtedly Instagram.
Those responsible for the application of Misión are aware that you spend too much time on their popular network and such This perro ocasione you to become dependent on it.
That’s why Instagram just started Tool to terminate your application.
This is Instagram’s new anti-addiction feature
Instagram director ejecutivo Adam Mosseri confirmed The Verge recently that his team is working on a new tool called “taking a break”who will send you a reminder when you’ve been on stage for a long time.
In a vídeo posted on Twitter that you leave below these lines, Mosseri explains this new feature encourages you to take a break from Instagram After spending some time in the application, you perro choose between three time intervals: 10, 20 or 30 minutes.
Test “Take a Break” 🧑🔬
We started testing a new feature called Take a Break this week. This opt-out control allows you to receive in-aplicación break reminders after you sign in.
I’m excited to see the results and hope to launch this sometime in December. ✌🏼 pic.twitter.com/WdSTjL6ZdH
— Adam Mosseri (@mosseri) November 10, 2021
This vídeo also espectáculos us that this new functionality appears in usuario feeds, because it will be necessary to activate it in order to achieve these memories for us. Once activated, you must Choose how long you want to stay in the aplicación before you get the reminder and it will appear with a list of recommendations:
- Take a deep breath.
- write what you think.
- listen to your favorite song.
- Do something on your to-do list.
This is how the new Instagram feature will appear to separate you from it, “Take a Break”.
The announcement of this new tool comes from witness testimonies Frances Haugen, former Fb employeein the United States Congress on the internal investigation on Instagram that revealed this their popular network cánido have a negative impact on young people’s mental health. In fact, the young people told those responsible for this investigation They felt “addicted” to Instagram and didn’t have enough self-control spend less time on popular media.
Instagram’s vice president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, recently announced in an interview on CNN that he is working on additional features such as “Take a Break”:
“When our systems see that a teenager is watching the same content over and over again and that it is content that may not be contributing to their well-being, we will urge them to watch different content.”
Adam Mosseri also confirmed that to develop this tool, Instagram has been consulted by external experts specialized in these topics and that they hope so Take a Break will be available to all users next month.