You Should Only Spend 30 Minutes On Social Media! Here's Why

It’s not new, we already know that social media has something to do with people feeling sad and lonely. But we don’t know if people who are already sad and lonely like to use social media or if social media makes people sad and lonely.

Researchers from a university in America tried to see if people actually feel better if they don’t use social media too much. The result? You will feel better if you spend only 30 minutes on social media every day.

The research tested 143 students. They all have Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat accounts. They also have an iPhone (because they can track how much time you spend on an app with iPhone, cannot do that with Android). The researchers checked on the students’ social media use and gave them a survey to find out about their mental health status.

Then, the students are divided into 2 groups. One group would use social media as usual, the second group would use FB, Instagram, and Snapchat, for 10 minutes only, per app.

It's also better to take a social media break sometimes.

They found out that if you use less social media, you will not feel as depressed and lonely as much as you used to. This is even better for those who are already depressed, as they are more happy with less social media.

“Why only use less social media? Why not just stop using it?”

The researchers say that it is easier to use less social media than stop using it at all. It is more realistic because not many people can stop using social media, but many people can use social media less.

The problem of this research is that they only check on students’ social media activity on their phones and not anywhere else. This means that they could use laptops instead. The research also did not involve Twitter, which some students use when the research was happening. The researchers say that they will have more chances to study even more about this issue.

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