'The Social Dilemma' expert Tim Kendall on social media addiction and how to curb it

Social Dilemma is a documentary on Netflix that explores impact of social media us on youngsters today. It also runs a parallel fictional story that showcases issues se youngsters face with social media in today's world. Social Dilemma garnered positive reviews from audience as it spre awareness on various issues concerning social media. Social Dilemma expert Tim Kendall recently shared his vice about how one should break ir social media diction.

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Tim Kendall's take on Social Media diction

Tim Kendall is former president at Pinterest and a former Facebook executive who helped Facebook build its business model. He is key speaker in Social Dilemma and currently is CEO of Moments app which helps man ir phone time. Time Kendall in a video interview with 7NEWS Australia mentioned how one should take a break from social media diction. He said that throwing one's phone away is extreme but usually people are unconsciously using social media. People think that y're using social media for two hours but in reality, ir us shows four-and-a-half hours. 

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Tim Kendall says that even when he is aware of this he has a pseudo-dict relationship with social media himself. He felt b about himself after deleting his apps and h a weak moment and reinstalled m. He ded that even if one can't delete apps, y can definitely limit its us. 

How to break social media diction?

Social Dilemma expert said that first thing one should do is figure out how much time y have been spending on social media. Once people realise how much much time y waste on social media, it is much easier to control. Tim Kendall mentioned that people should change ir tification settings and set a limit on using social media. For instance, one can always decide that y will t use phone for 2-3 hours a day. 

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Tim Kendall on children's diction

When asked about how much time does he allow his children to use ir phones, Social Dilemma expert said that his children are hardly 4 and 6 years old. He does t let m use ggets throughout day. He mentioned that overusing social media changes shape of ir brains. Many people asked Tim Kendall about how to control ir teen kids from using se apps. Tim Kendall said that entire family has to behave in a similar pattern. Parents should control ir us too, he said. 

Social Dilemma expert also talked about how phones listen to us and show us s on our recent discussions. He said that techlogy is so vanced that it understands people more than y understand mselves. He also spoke about fake news and how government will soon start charging penalties to social media companies for doing so. 

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