At the global level, Internet users spend an average of two hours and 27 minutes a day connected to social platforms, but trends vary greatly from country to country. In Spain, for example, the average use of social networks is one hour and 53 minutes a day, as revealed by Digital 2022.
At this level of use, add up to the figures for anxiety that, above all, increased with the period of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this context, researcher Jeffrey Lambert points out that “social networks are so ubiquitous that most of us we scroll almost without realizing it through the screens from the time we get up until we go to bed“.
In an attempt to control the impact of social media on our lives, Instagram has announced that will implement a new tool called ‘Quiet Mode‘ (which in its translation means “Silent Mode” or “Inactive Mode”) with which we will be able, hide application notifications when we have this new mode activated at certain times of the day and, with it, reduce user anxiety.
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In turn, this mode allows Automatically reply to incoming direct messages (DMs) in order to inform the senders, who try to communicate with the person, that the person is not available and that they will see the notification when they deactivate the mute or do not disturb option.
The debut of this tool has been announced on the blog of the social network along with other novelties that include parental control tools and recommendations management.
“Take some time”
“Teenagers have told us that sometimes they want to take time for themselves and they might be looking for more ways to focus at night, while studying and at school,” the Instagram blog details.
According to the company, with this tool you can easily customize “Quiet Mode” hours to adjust to the user’s schedule, and once the feature is disabled, the app will show a brief summary of the notifications so the user can catch up on what they missed.
“Anyone can use ‘Silent Mode,’ but we’ll instruct teens to do so when they spend a specific amount of time on Instagram late at night,” they add.
User security tools
This new Instagram “safety” mode, Adds to other app usage and time management tools such as the daily controls of the time spent on the social network, the alerts when the sessions last a certain time and a way to avoid or limit the following of pages or groups that the user considers addictive.
This new mode is not yet available for everyone. Initially it will be applied in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, although the company that belongs to Meta points out that He hopes to gradually launch it in other markets.
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