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This is a great example of a situation where modifying your own behavior is a superior solution when compared to relying on a technical solution for the situati
by everdrive 3y ago
This is a great example of a situation where modifying your own behavior is a superior solution when compared to relying on a technical solution for the situation. Technology solutions can only get us so far. Relying on notifications puts you at the mercy of the platform. Training yourself to check your email every so often is much simpler, and requires no added complexity at all.
- squeaky-clean 3y ago> Relying on notifications puts you at the mercy of the platform. Is this really an issue? You're still relying on the platform to host and serve your actual emails. If you don't trust them to notify you properly, why would you trust them to hold your entire email history? This also means you're going to have moments where you check your emails and it wqs wasted time because there are no new emails since last time you checked.
- npunt 3y agoAgree, to have agency in the digital world requires us having control over our initiative. There's both behavioral and technical ways to do this today: 1. Look only at certain times each day (see habit chaining, e.g. 'look at email after I get lunch') 2. Set a focus mode that allows notifications from email at certain times 3. Allow email notifications only from specific high-importance contacts 4. Just set a timer, calendar event, or or recurring reminder
- JohnMakin 3y agoSure, that’s great and all, but some people have disabilities like ADHD that does not always allow modification of behavior to fit a particular neurotypical pattern that easily, and technology is often enormously useful helping correct that. so no, for some people, it is not “much simpler.”