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Turn off icon badging as well. No notifications really means _no_ notifications. This is the way.

MarcelOlsz 4y ago
But then there's the anxiety of waiting like 4 hours, opening it, and seeing a bunch of critical messages you weren't around for. I need either a robot that will gently tap me on the shoulder and quietly tell me to check my notifications, or somehow relay the badge to a collar on my dog so he can bark at me. The badge is the worst. The sounds are the worst. At this point I rather just have a landline people can call me on with a voice machine.
- jareklupinski 4y ago
  I've completely forgotten about the era when anyone could screen their own calls with the equipment they already had, they just needed to figure out "oh I should let _every_ call go to voicemail after one ring and wait to hear who it actually is first" How did we go backwards? rhetorical question, but can we bring it back with what we currently have?
  - smileybarry 4y ago
    It feels like we're getting back to that with focus states in iOS and Android, but half my apps still don't tell the API who sent the message and just set the notification title... (and some do but they don't link it to the contact, so the anti-DND rule never goes off)
  - LocalPCGuy 4y ago
    I have that on my Pixel phone, if it detects a number that isn't in my contacts, it'll auto-screen the call and provide me with a text transcript of their response. I can see what the person says and choose to answer or let them just continue on to leave a message. And if it thinks it's actually a spam call, I don't even get it ringing, it just quietly "handles" it (but obviously takes a message so I can call back if it was wrong).
    - jareklupinski 4y ago
      ah, that's neat! on my iphone the only option is to send all calls that aren't in my contacts to voicemail, which is just me saying "please send me a text message"
  - _smmt 4y ago
    >How did we go backwards? By incentivizing smart people to tinker with silly crap instead of work on meaningful problems.
- smileybarry 4y ago
  You can hide the app (no badge, no dot visible) and snooze notifications, but leave them on system-wide, and then if someone mentions you with something important, they can click the "yes this is important" confirmation link. (And if someone abuses that then you can mute them personally)
- Anderkent 4y ago
  set profile description telling people to call or text you if urgent
- ls15 4y ago
  > there's the anxiety of waiting like 4 hours, opening it, and seeing a bunch of critical messages you weren't around for. Tell people to call your phone if it is urgent. Everything else can wait 4 hours, right?

But then there's the anxiety of waiting like 4 hours, opening it, and seeing a bunch of critical messages you weren't around for. I need either a robot that will gently tap me on the shoulder and quietly tell me to check my notifications, or somehow relay the badge to a collar on my dog so he can bark at me. The badge is the worst. The sounds are the worst. At this point I rather just have a landline people can call me on with a voice machine.

jareklupinski 4y ago
I've completely forgotten about the era when anyone could screen their own calls with the equipment they already had, they just needed to figure out "oh I should let _every_ call go to voicemail after one ring and wait to hear who it actually is first" How did we go backwards? rhetorical question, but can we bring it back with what we currently have?
- smileybarry 4y ago
  It feels like we're getting back to that with focus states in iOS and Android, but half my apps still don't tell the API who sent the message and just set the notification title... (and some do but they don't link it to the contact, so the anti-DND rule never goes off)
- LocalPCGuy 4y ago
  I have that on my Pixel phone, if it detects a number that isn't in my contacts, it'll auto-screen the call and provide me with a text transcript of their response. I can see what the person says and choose to answer or let them just continue on to leave a message. And if it thinks it's actually a spam call, I don't even get it ringing, it just quietly "handles" it (but obviously takes a message so I can call back if it was wrong).
  - jareklupinski 4y ago
    ah, that's neat! on my iphone the only option is to send all calls that aren't in my contacts to voicemail, which is just me saying "please send me a text message"
- _smmt 4y ago
  >How did we go backwards? By incentivizing smart people to tinker with silly crap instead of work on meaningful problems.
smileybarry 4y ago
You can hide the app (no badge, no dot visible) and snooze notifications, but leave them on system-wide, and then if someone mentions you with something important, they can click the "yes this is important" confirmation link. (And if someone abuses that then you can mute them personally)
Anderkent 4y ago
set profile description telling people to call or text you if urgent
ls15 4y ago
> there's the anxiety of waiting like 4 hours, opening it, and seeing a bunch of critical messages you weren't around for. Tell people to call your phone if it is urgent. Everything else can wait 4 hours, right?