Get paid £2,000 to give up Instagram, Facebook and TikTok for two months – Liverpool Echo

You could get paid £2,000 if you’re prepared to give up social media for two months. One company is looking for a self-confessed ‘social media lover’ to take part in a project aimed at studying the effects of social media on health and wellbeing. Uptime, an educational app, has made the offer as it looks to find out what the effect of cutting out social media for a period of time would be on an individual. READ MORE:Met Office warns of ‘wintry showers’ in UK later this week The successful applicant will be paid £2,000 to stop using social media platforms for two months and monitor how they use this newfound downtime, as well as happiness levels, behaviour and productivity. They will be asked to uninstall the social media platforms they use for social interactions such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Snapchat and YouTube. In addition to uninstalling the apps, the applicant will also be asked to answer a frequent questionnaire and keep a written and video journal to record their experience. The offer is in line with the aims of the Uptime, which offers 5-minute ‘Knowledge Hacks’. Its leaders say they hope to encourage people to reduce the amount…
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