--- title: This Self-Care Twitter Bot Helps Make Twitter Safer description: A self-care bot has shown up on Twitter. canonical: https://time.com/4573201/tiny-care-bot-self-care-twitter/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-16T20:05:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:44.002Z og:title: This Self-Care Bot Makes Twitter a Healthier Place og:description: You need to follow @tinycarebot ASAP og:url: https://time.com/4573201/tiny-care-bot-self-care-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61c398008210affd/6988aeb8cf40a8faf1c45951/tiny-care-bot-twitter1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Illustrations Of Popular Mobile Apps And Social Media Sites og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Self-Care Bot Makes Twitter a Healthier Place twitter:description: You need to follow @tinycarebot ASAP twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61c398008210affd/6988aeb8cf40a8faf1c45951/tiny-care-bot-twitter1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Self-Care Twitter Bot Is Here to Try to Make Your Online Life Healthier > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 16, 2016 8:05 PM UTC  People are seen as silhouettes as they check mobile devices whilst standing against an illuminated wall bearing Twitter Inc.'s logo in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016\. (Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images) People are seen as silhouettes as they check mobile devices whilst standing against an illuminated wall bearing Twitter Inc.'s logo in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016\. (Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 16, 2016 8:05 PM UTC While [social media](http://time.com/4459153/social-media-body-image/) can be a great way to connect, [online harassment](http://time.com/4571441/megyn-kelly-daughter-donald-trump/) and [trolls can sour Internet life](http://time.com/4457110/internet-trolls/); however, a new Twitter bot [is trying to make self-care important part of your life online](http://motto.time.com/4505974/self-care-tips/). The bot, which you can find on Twitter @tinycarebot, offers gentle reminders to its followers to improve their health and well-being. Some examples of their encouraging messages are “breathe deeply please” and “please remember to look up from your screen.” The bot was created by Twitter user @jonnysun, who explained in a tweet that he made the bot easy and tangible self-care reminders because he was “obsessively on twitter lately.” Since the account was created four days ago, it’s garnered close to 25k followers. See some of the best self-care tips it’s recommended below. > [](https://twitter.com/tinycarebot/status/798880379381972992) > [](https://twitter.com/tinycarebot/status/798850181659660289) > [](https://twitter.com/tinycarebot/status/798774686792327169) > [](https://twitter.com/tinycarebot/status/798427395862761472) > [](https://twitter.com/tinycarebot/status/798231076359569408) > [](https://twitter.com/tinycarebot/status/798049901414322176) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4573201/tiny-care-bot-self-care-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4573201/tiny-care-bot-self-care-twitter/"},"headline":"This Self-Care Twitter Bot Is Here to Try to Make Your Online Life Healthier","datePublished":"2016-11-16T20:05:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:44.002Z","description":"You need to follow @tinycarebot ASAP","url":"https://time.com/4573201/tiny-care-bot-self-care-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Internet","Technology","twitter","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61c398008210affd/6988aeb8cf40a8faf1c45951/tiny-care-bot-twitter1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61c398008210affd/6988aeb8cf40a8faf1c45951/tiny-care-bot-twitter1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Illustrations Of Popular Mobile Apps And Social Media Sites","caption":"Illustrations Of Popular Mobile Apps And Social Media Sites","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4573201/tiny-care-bot-self-care-twitter/","name":"This Self-Care Twitter Bot Is Here to Try to Make Your Online Life Healthier"}}]}] ```