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It had the opposite effect for me -- now that everything gives me a notification, half the time I see the red dot on the corner I assune it's something stupid.
by trendia 9y ago
It had the opposite effect for me -- now that everything gives me a notification, half the time I see the red dot on the corner I assune it's something stupid.
- jbreckmckye 9y agoI'm not sure, but I feel that the less I engage with Facebook the more trivial the notifications become - as though the threshold were being lowered to get me back on board. So if I have no posts garnering likes / reactions, I start seeing "Susan is interested in an event near London!" and "Alan is now on Instagram!!" - until I begin posting again.
- jasode 9y agoYes. This recent thread and screenshot complained about 36 red notifications from Facebook instead of real human beings: https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/6zjzge/not_one_of_the_facebook_notifications_is_a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/6zjzge/n... Facebook is diluting its red alert into meaningless nagging.
- danmaz74 9y agoIt's the same for me, but I'm sure they have all the analytics they need to know what increases engagement and what doesn't...
- Bartweiss 9y agoI suspect it's a question of goals. Facebook talks a lot about increasing usage time and interaction count. The changes drove me away, but I was a low-time, low-activity user to begin with. Trading me for expanding the value of a 'whale' is probably a sensible move for them.
- somewhatoff 9y agoThe worst is if you turn off notifications from Messenger, it flashes up the red number to tell you you need to turn them back on. I found it very, very annoying at first... now it's just taught me to ignore the red numbers entirely.
- randcraw 9y agoSame problem at LinkedIn. Most notifications are "We've found someone you might know" or "We've found a job you might like". Cry wolf, why don't you.