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Why do you have to check anything manually? Just install their apps and receive push notifications for them. You can also make the notifications silent to reduc

Why do you have to check anything manually? Just install their apps and receive push notifications for them. You can also make the notifications silent to reduce distractions. Or if your phone supports notification badges on icons, just place their icons on home screen and you'll notice what app has updates by just checking the badge counts.

orangepanda 4y ago
And receive unrelated spam? No thanks. While emails and texts are fine, I 100% would not trust linked in with push notifications
- infinityplus1 4y ago
  Doesn't Android allow you to select which category of notifications you want to receive? That can be useful here.
  - kevincox 4y ago
    The problem is that it is a blacklist not a whitelist. So these apps that spam a lot just create a new category every week. It would be fantastic if you could switch some apps to whitelist mode.
    - sodality2 4y ago
      What applications do that?
      - kevincox 4y ago
        The Google Search/Assistant app seems to be one of the worst that I have installed. No matter how many categories I mute I seem to get a new spam notification every couple of weeks. Unfortunately there are 2-3 useful notification categories so I haven't completely shut it down now. Google Maps also used to be pretty bad for this but I don't seem to recall any new categories for many months now.
- nicoburns 4y ago
  Who sends you personal messages on LinkedIn? Personally, I don't even trust LinkedIn to have an app installed on my phone. But I haven't received even a single spam notification from any of the major chat platforms.
  - dmd 4y ago
    Good for you. I get dozens a day.
    - nicoburns 4y ago
      Are these first-party messages from the platform, or is it more akin to spam email where they're just letting through spam messages from spammers?
      - dmd 4y ago
        Mostly first party.
        nicoburns 4y ago
        Interesting. I have all of WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Signal and Telegram (+ SMS and email, but I'm guessing these aren't the issue) installed on my phone with notifications enabled, and I only get notified when I receive a message. I'd be interested to know which services are spamming you.

orangepanda 4y ago

And receive unrelated spam? No thanks. While emails and texts are fine, I 100% would not trust linked in with push notifications

infinityplus1 4y ago
Doesn't Android allow you to select which category of notifications you want to receive? That can be useful here.
- kevincox 4y ago
  The problem is that it is a blacklist not a whitelist. So these apps that spam a lot just create a new category every week. It would be fantastic if you could switch some apps to whitelist mode.
  - sodality2 4y ago
    What applications do that?
    - kevincox 4y ago
      The Google Search/Assistant app seems to be one of the worst that I have installed. No matter how many categories I mute I seem to get a new spam notification every couple of weeks. Unfortunately there are 2-3 useful notification categories so I haven't completely shut it down now. Google Maps also used to be pretty bad for this but I don't seem to recall any new categories for many months now.
nicoburns 4y ago
Who sends you personal messages on LinkedIn? Personally, I don't even trust LinkedIn to have an app installed on my phone. But I haven't received even a single spam notification from any of the major chat platforms.
- dmd 4y ago
  Good for you. I get dozens a day.
  - nicoburns 4y ago
    Are these first-party messages from the platform, or is it more akin to spam email where they're just letting through spam messages from spammers?
    - dmd 4y ago
      Mostly first party.
      - nicoburns 4y ago
        Interesting. I have all of WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Signal and Telegram (+ SMS and email, but I'm guessing these aren't the issue) installed on my phone with notifications enabled, and I only get notified when I receive a message. I'd be interested to know which services are spamming you.