Surely it has happened to you too. You open TikTok almost reflexively, watch a couple of videos, and before you know it, it’s 2 in the morning and you’re losing sleep. Many years ago, Instagram added measures so that users could limit the time they spent on the application. In this way, a direct relationship between using the social network and wasting time would not be established. In the last two years, TikTok has proven to be a network capable of engaging much more than Instagram . And luckily, they have just released a new functionality that allows us to ration our time a bit so that we can use the network more responsibly, and that adds to the time controls that already existed in the app.
TikTok wants you to use its social network responsibly
TikTok knows that it has many users hooked on its social network. For that reason, the application already offered a kind of time control to which we could assign a daily limit . Recently, this functionality has been updated. The new control panel is going to offer us a lot of interesting data that will help us make consistent use of the platform.
In this new dashboard, TikTok will give us a lot of stats , starting with the average time we use the app each day. It will also inform us of other data, such as the number of times we open the program. Also, now you can set a time limit that we will assign to each session . Suppose we work and take a 10-minute break. Well, we can establish that the application cuts off the supply of short videos once that time has elapsed. Thus, the Chinese social network should not have an impact on our productivity.
In addition, this new function also allows you to program a reminder that will invite you to take a break from time to time. This will be very useful during the weekend, since there are not a few users who can spend entire afternoons watching videos on the platform, completely losing track of time. In addition, TikTok has published a guide to well-being, mainly aimed at its teenage audience.
What impact is TikTok having on its users?
TikTok has taken advantage of the launch of this package of improvements to report on the use that teenagers are making of its platform. As reported in their new wellness guide, users between the ages of 13 and 17 who use TikTok for more than 100 minutes a day will receive a reminder .
However, although it may seem like a measure initiated directly by the social network, the truth is that the laws of many countries are being strengthened in this regard. At the beginning of 2022, the United States presented a bill that seeks precisely to protect the youngest from addiction to social networks . To a certain extent, TikTok is anticipating this phenomenon, showing itself as a company capable of cooperating with the authorities and facilitating work. Time will tell if these new techniques work, or if tougher measures will have to be applied to prevent the youngest from getting hooked on this social network.