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Instagram users will soon be able to monitor how much time they spend on the social media app with the help of a new “Usage Insights” tool. Monitoring the time you spend on social media can be quite difficult. After all, many of us get sucked into the vortex, spending way too much time scrolling through photos and videos of our closest and not-so-closest friends. Last week Google unveiled its new time-management controls, a groundbreaking new way for people to track app usage. Apparently, others are following suit — including Instagram. “Social media is like eating potato chips,” she says. However, she does point out that its effectiveness will highly depend on what exactly the tool measures and how clearly the data is presented. “Ideally, it would be a bit like the step feature that tells me the number of steps in real time and gives me a running total for each day over time so I can monitor it,” she explains. If there was some sort of an alarm that went off after a certain amount of time had elapsed.

After all, research has found that most social media usage isn’t a positive force when it comes to mental health. In addition to its ability of being totally addictive, it can negatively impact self-esteem and induce depression. 2017 research conducted in the U.K. — including Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube — Instagram was the absolute worst offender. Even without time-monitoring features on social media apps, you can take control of your usage by limiting yourself. While you might miss out on your BFF’s avocado toast breakfast in real time, it might make you a happier person in the long run. What Do YOU Think, Are you impressed that Instagram is adding a usage-monitoring tool to its app, Do you think all social media sites should follow Instagram’s lead, Will monitoring social media usage help people with their addiction issues, Tell us what you think in the comments! Lose Weight. Feel Great! AGE lbs. WEIGHT ft. Do I Need More Calories During My Period,

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