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How is that respecting others time? They still got notification sound and now trying to figure out what that was about I hate when that happens.

x3n0ph3n3 4y ago
> They still got notification sound It astounds me that people use notification sounds for messenger and e-mail clients. How do you get anything done when being repeatedly distracted all day?
- shultays 4y ago
  I dont find them as distracting. I think I am good at context switching. They only become an annoyance if you were following a thread and people are discussing in it with you nothing to add, in which case I unfollow it. I even find them sometimes helpful, they provide short breaks. If I want to focus hard on something I can just ignore them to check later
  - treeman79 4y ago
    When I was younger Constant context switching kept me productive all day long. Eventually was diagnosed as ADHD. Apparently keeping half a dozen things going at once was my coping method. First time on medication was surreal oh how I just worked on one thing at a time.
- selfhoster11 4y ago
  > How do you get anything done when being repeatedly distracted all day? You're confusing productivity with reachability. I currently have my Slack set to be pretty sensitive to topics that concern me, but that's voluntary. In a previous workplace, Slack was noisy af and I felt pressured to keep it at maximum sensitivity. Of course that just made me more anxious.
- GekkePrutser 4y ago
  It depends on the job. A large part of my job is collaboration. The times that I have to put my head down and focus are the exception and in those cases I will put myself on DND anyway. I think as a developer it would be very different.
- lmm 4y ago
  You get less done, but what you do get done is more useful since you're paying attention to what's actually needed, so you come out ahead.
Cthulhu_ 4y ago
Some clients / chat services will have a delay on notifications, which is probably the way to go; chat shouldn't be about "you have to be aware of this within one second". When building a chat system with notifications, it's also important that you can recall notifications. Wouldn't want someone's accidentally pasted password to be retained in notifications.

x3n0ph3n3 4y ago

> They still got notification sound It astounds me that people use notification sounds for messenger and e-mail clients. How do you get anything done when being repeatedly distracted all day?

shultays 4y ago
I dont find them as distracting. I think I am good at context switching. They only become an annoyance if you were following a thread and people are discussing in it with you nothing to add, in which case I unfollow it. I even find them sometimes helpful, they provide short breaks. If I want to focus hard on something I can just ignore them to check later
- treeman79 4y ago
  When I was younger Constant context switching kept me productive all day long. Eventually was diagnosed as ADHD. Apparently keeping half a dozen things going at once was my coping method. First time on medication was surreal oh how I just worked on one thing at a time.
selfhoster11 4y ago
> How do you get anything done when being repeatedly distracted all day? You're confusing productivity with reachability. I currently have my Slack set to be pretty sensitive to topics that concern me, but that's voluntary. In a previous workplace, Slack was noisy af and I felt pressured to keep it at maximum sensitivity. Of course that just made me more anxious.
GekkePrutser 4y ago
It depends on the job. A large part of my job is collaboration. The times that I have to put my head down and focus are the exception and in those cases I will put myself on DND anyway. I think as a developer it would be very different.
lmm 4y ago
You get less done, but what you do get done is more useful since you're paying attention to what's actually needed, so you come out ahead.

Cthulhu_ 4y ago

Some clients / chat services will have a delay on notifications, which is probably the way to go; chat shouldn't be about "you have to be aware of this within one second". When building a chat system with notifications, it's also important that you can recall notifications. Wouldn't want someone's accidentally pasted password to be retained in notifications.