Time Bank

“Time Bank”

An app that uses data on people's past social media use tailor interventions aimed at reducing excessive social media use. What would you do if I were to tell you that you spend more than 1000 hours a year on social media?

Overuse of social media has become a worrying societal problem, especially for younger generations. I developed a new solution for reducing social media use - an intervention that re-frames people's past social media use to induce a sense of loss.

Do you know how much time you have spent on Social media?

Time to think and judge if it seems like a lot!

Persuasive information

Negative Emotions - after be aware of the time lost on using social media

Monthly

It also equals to 150 hours per month spent on social media.
Yearly

On a yearly basis, your social media use equals to 1825 hours.
% of waking hours

Sleep 7 hours and using 5 hours social media hours daily equals to 29.5% of your waking hours are spent on social media.
Weekly

Spend 5 hours daily, will results in 35 hours per week.

Tailored Experience

Examples of alternative activities rather than using social media

Cooking

Eating healthy will make you feel better and help you save money!
Exercising

Exercising will make you feel better, healthier and more confident!
Socialising

Spend some time face to face with the people you love.
These will be the most memorable moments you have in your life.
It will make you happy and feel surrounded by love.
Art

On social media, you experience human creativity in a fragmented way.
Why not go and experience art emersively? You could read a book, go to the cinema or art gallery.
Walking

Walking is simple, free and one of the easiest ways to get more active, lose weight and become healthier.