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I was making one of those "games in disguise" once, where the game was marketed as an app doing something useful to you. All we talked about was "first day rete
by f6v 6y ago
I was making one of those "games in disguise" once, where the game was marketed as an app doing something useful to you. All we talked about was "first day retention" and "3-day retention" and how we keep people opening the app. I mean, if users find the app useful, you don't need to spam them with messages.
- selfhoster11 6y agoI recently set up a new phone and I was shocked that I got a notification from SoundHound. That's one app that has no business trying to "engage" me - it's there for one purpose, identify songs when I want it to. If it's once every two months, that's all the engagement they are getting. There is no retention to be had, and I will not give them any. If Android didn't allow blocking notifications, then any app that does this would get the boot. Youtube, HN and eBay is stressful enough to follow, I don't need more of this in my life.
- pocketgrok 6y agoSimilarly, Hulu started sending me engagement notifications. It has no notification controls so I disabled notifications entirely. Apps are almost as bad as websites in terms of my willingness to let them send notifications at this point.
- justaguy88 6y agoJust turn _everything_ off except the strictly nessesary, which for me is just whatever messaging app I use to talk to close friends