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I don’t understand this mentality, I have 3 apps that can send notifications: phone, messages and WhatsApp. Everything else is blocked. I don’t want to see noti

by vxNsr 6y ago

I don’t understand this mentality, I have 3 apps that can send notifications: phone, messages and WhatsApp. Everything else is blocked. I don’t want to see notifications for 99% of apps every once in a while I’ll be tempted into letting an app use notifications and immediately regret it and disable.

rantwasp 6y ago
yeah. notifications are an attention drain. i virtually have no notifications on my phone. pull, not push for me.
- flukus 6y ago
  One of the best comments I've ever read on HN said that they should be called interruptions not notifications. Interruptions are fine for certain things, but not the vast majority of them. The biggest one I've switched off is email notifications and it's made me so much more organized. Instead of swiping away an interruption when I can't respond properly I'll pull the information when I do have time/ability to respond, bills now get paid on time for example. Google is one of the biggest offenders at re-enabling it's own notification though. Youtube, an app I don't want and can't remove decided to start spamming me again last week.
  - vxNsr 6y ago
    Yup. This is one of the reasons that I don’t like android. Unfortunately now that apple is becoming a service provider also (Apple TV+, News+, etc) with apps that rely on engagement metrics I’m worried that I’ll start having this problem as well. The shortcuts app already doesn’t have a notifications setting but still can do notifications that buzz and make a sound.
airstrike 6y ago
I don't even let Whatsapp send notifications, and I only allow messages because I hardly ever get them... Even then, I silence message alerts most people other than my wife For me it's essentially my work e-mail (not personal), the WSJ, my credit card, my calendar and Accuweather. Everything else can forever hold its peace

by vxNsr 6y ago

rantwasp 6y ago

yeah. notifications are an attention drain. i virtually have no notifications on my phone. pull, not push for me.

flukus 6y ago
One of the best comments I've ever read on HN said that they should be called interruptions not notifications. Interruptions are fine for certain things, but not the vast majority of them. The biggest one I've switched off is email notifications and it's made me so much more organized. Instead of swiping away an interruption when I can't respond properly I'll pull the information when I do have time/ability to respond, bills now get paid on time for example. Google is one of the biggest offenders at re-enabling it's own notification though. Youtube, an app I don't want and can't remove decided to start spamming me again last week.
- vxNsr 6y ago
  Yup. This is one of the reasons that I don’t like android. Unfortunately now that apple is becoming a service provider also (Apple TV+, News+, etc) with apps that rely on engagement metrics I’m worried that I’ll start having this problem as well. The shortcuts app already doesn’t have a notifications setting but still can do notifications that buzz and make a sound.

airstrike 6y ago

I don't even let Whatsapp send notifications, and I only allow messages because I hardly ever get them... Even then, I silence message alerts most people other than my wife For me it's essentially my work e-mail (not personal), the WSJ, my credit card, my calendar and Accuweather. Everything else can forever hold its peace