Tech giant Facebook, is all set to roll out a new dashboard that will show how much time you spend on its site.
Back in August this year, the social networking service company announced the new feature for its Instagram and Facebook apps.
According to a report in The Verge, the development is a part of the ‘time well-spent’ movement that has been attracting the attention of the tech world for some time now. As the Facebook dashboard users can keep track of the time they are spending on the app, similarly, Apple’s Screen Time and Google’s Digital Wellbeing allow users to block themselves from using apps.
Notably, on Facebook, the feature will be mentioned under the hamburger menu (three vertical lines in the bottom-right corner of the app) while on Instagram it will be a part of the setting menu.
However, the dashboard will feature a bar chart that will show the time you have spent on the app in the past seven days. Not just that, it will further allow to set the length of time you want to spend on that particular app and will send you a reminder once you reach that limit. This new feature will also allow to temporarily mute the push notifications.
Earlier, the social media platforms have faced a lot of criticism for courting their users’ attention throughout the day. As a result, the obsession with these apps is becoming a major concern for all.
In the meantime, for the past decade, Sheryl Sandberg has been the poised, reliable second-in-command to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, helping steer Facebook’s rapid growth around the world, while also cultivating her brand in ways that hint at aspirations well beyond the social network.
But her carefully cultivated brand as an eloquent feminist leader is showing cracks with growing criticism over the company’s practices, or lack of oversight.
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