Frederik Riedel 🐻‍❄️
I built one sec for myself in the very first lockdown of 2020, because I spent way too much time on Instagram and online news. As an app developer, I always tend to solve my problems by building new apps…the idea of one sec was born. After using the prototype for two weeks myself, I noticed my screen time was down 44% – and decided to polish the app and publish it on the AppStore. The app gained traction quickly, and received many 5-star ratings on the AppStore.
Feb 18, 2023 at 9:57pmWeb
Show threadFrederik Riedel 🐻‍❄️Feb 18, 2023

At the end of 2020, @GruningJ and @[email protected] approached me because they were fascinated by the self-nudging capabilities of one sec. We ended up collaborating and conducted the field-experiment that led to the publication on @PNASNews https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2213114120

The strong results of the experiment back up what I hear everyday from my apps’ users: one sec helps them to find a healthy balance with technology for the first time in years: long-term and sustainably!

Show threadFrederik Riedel 🐻‍❄️Feb 18, 2023

I strongly hope that we are at a tipping point with advertising-backed business-models in internet platforms (e.g., Instagram, TikTok). Only being focused on increasing users’ eye-ball-time leads to too many mental-health issues, and more and more users seem to notice. For the last decade, we have been focusing too much on how to make users addicted to our apps. I really hope this decade will fix much of that.

Do you know anyone who enjoys spending a large portion of they life on TikTok?

Show threadMaarten SchreuderFeb 19, 2023
@frederik I love (and hate, because it’s so effective) the app. My mindless use of apps has really reduced a lot in my two weeks of usage. Thanks! (FYI: app icon switching does not seem to work).