Make your students resistant to social media algorithms
Students spend 2 hours on social media during school hours – every single day, according to research conducted together with the Danish government.
But the reality is, most adolescents don’t even enjoy scrolling social media for hours – especially during school. They want to learn. Modern social media apps are designed like drugs: so we use them even when we don’t want to. one sec helps to overcome these instincts by breaking behavioral habits and giving us a choice again: do you really want to open TikTok right now?
This small interruption has a huge effect: In our study, screen time during school decreased by 50%. And many participants voluntarily decided to keep using one sec beyond the study’s context – because they noticed the positive impact one sec has on their lives.
Benefits for students
Reduced distractions
- Screen time reduced by 50%.
- More intentional usage of social media.
Mental health up, stress down
- 2+ hours of additional sleep per week.
- No noticeable FOMO, students were still able to participate in important social contexts.
We care like good teachers
Intrinsic motivation
Most students want to reduce time on social media but fail, as sophisticated Silicon Valley algorithms fight against them. We tackle that problem at its root: breaking the dopamine feedback-loop of social media.
Tangible results
After using one sec for a couple of weeks, users can see how much time they have saved with one sec. Most students report to save several weeks of time each year.
Personalized
Each student can easily configure the apps they struggle with the most. To help them manage their distractions best, the intervention is fully customizable.
100% private, on-device
one sec handles all user data with greatest care: no account required, and no server collecting user data. We earn money through subscriptions, not by selling user data.
The science behind one sec:
- Danish Competition and Consumer Authority: en.kfst.dk
- BZKJ: Coming soon
- Directing smartphone use through the self-nudge app one sec: PNAS Journal