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Turning off messenger notifications seems drastic and unnecessary (it's real people contacting you). It's like turning off sms notifications of call notificatio
by cdancette 8y ago
Turning off messenger notifications seems drastic and unnecessary (it's real people contacting you). It's like turning off sms notifications of call notifications, I do it whenever I need to concentrate , but not by default.
The problem are apps that notifies us about useless or non direct communication stuff.
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago> Turning off messenger notifications seems drastic and unnecessary In my experience, it has been neither. My friends effortlessly filter what I need to hear into iMessages, e-mails, phone calls and face-to-face shares. Human communication is as easy to hack as it is fluid and resilient.
- DeusExMachina 8y agoThis is only if you consider that every message is urgent and must be seen immediately, which is rarely the case. I turned of notifications because they were too distracting, and that only made things better. I still chat with my friends, but I do so only when I pick up my phone voluntarily. People get also use to the fact that they don’t get an immediate reply when they write you, and they stop expecting it. Interactions are more relaxed.
- chrischen 8y agoYour issue isn’t facebook related then, since I’d imagine you turn off all other direct contact notifications?
- Vinnl 8y agoThey probably mean turning off all non-visual notifications. In other words, your phone doesn't buzz or make a sound, but when you look at the screen, you see there's a message. That way, you don't ignore people, but if something really requires a quick answer, they'll have to call you.
- dhimes 8y agoI just make it clear that I don't have messenger on my phone- text me directly for that. There are occasional misses, but mostly people are ok with it. It's the FOMO that keeps it installed. I check FB messenger stuff from my browser. FB also works well on the phone's browser- so that's another way to go. But somewhere along the way they quit letting you use Messenger in the phone browser. That was the sniff-test failure that let me know Messenger is probably not good for me. FB wants it too much.
- paulie_a 8y agoFacebook seems to have a dark pattern that will always show a notification on messenger. Even when there are no messages. Plus that app just has terrible UI anyways. Personally I actually use sms but can't ever imagine using Facebook messenger on a regular basis.
- driverdan 8y agoStop using Messenger as SMS. Just use SMS.
- chrischen 8y agoNobody really uses SMS anymore, unless it is Android <-> iPhone messaging, and if the the users aren’t already connected via one of many other IM apps.
- mantas 8y agoHi, I'm Nobody. And I doubt iMessage or similar SMS-like services that blend in seamlessly are on the same level as IM apps.
- DougN7 8y agoWhat?? I think you’re living in a bubble.
- stochastic_monk 8y agoAs an iOS user, I only use sms for friends who use android but don’t use whatsapp or another end-to-end encrypted platform. IE, it’s just a fallback for me.
- chrischen 8y agoI think this is country specific. Whatsapp is used heavily in Europe and parts of Asia. If I didn't have friends in other countries I'd just be using Facebook Messenger and iMessage as well. In the US it's predominantly Facebook Messenger.
- tokyodude 8y agoSMS still costs extra for international messages. Messenger does not
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- manicdee 8y agoI had a whole week of Facebook Messenger annoying me with requests to let it access my contacts, my photos, my location, or how such-and-such a person might be a good candidate to “friend” on Facebook. Not one useful message from anyone: all the people I need to hear from use SMS or email or even iMessage. Everyone else’s messages are still there in the Facebook web interface. So I deleted Messenger from my devices. I haven’t missed it at all in a year.