The Uptime application wants to do such an experiment. And he is looking for someone who will "detoxify" from social media for two months, and will receive a fee of 2.000 pounds (approximately 2.400 euros).
"At Uptime we want to find out what impact social media and 'doomscrolling' have on an individual's productivity, well-being and self-development, so over the next two months we're going to do a study to find out just that. "And to help start our research, we want to pay a social admitted social media fan to stop using the platforms for two months," says the company.
"We are not at all against social media, but we see the problems that arise from 'doomscrolling', where people are just consuming negative news and opinions," the ad said.
The one who will be selected, should stop using all socia media, for the period of 8 weeks.
At the same time, he will have to answer questionnaires often and will be asked to keep - in writing but also on video - a diary of all his experience. "We want to find out as much information as we can about how much time a person can spend, improving themselves or their knowledge, along with their well-being and productivity, as long as they reduce the time they spend on social media," says the company. .
Those interested can apply here.
Deadline for applications on February 21.