Using Social Media While You Work May Not be So Bad After All

Science shows that taking microbreaks can boost your productivity

Andrew Macrae
4 min readApr 28, 2020

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Photo by Carlos Lindner on Unsplash

I’ve had this theory for a while that checking my social media feeds while I’m working isn’t that bad for me.

It gives my brain tiny, regular breaks from the task at hand. The small doses of refreshment provide little boosts…

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Andrew Macrae

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