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Is there a word for describing becoming desensitized from false alarms? A similar situation is instead of a shared calendar for OOF status (at work) we are aske
by jaktet 3y ago
Is there a word for describing becoming desensitized from false alarms? A similar situation is instead of a shared calendar for OOF status (at work) we are asked to send a calendar invite to our team and immediate team. My calendar is filled with “doctor appointment” invitations from people I don’t often interact with or need to know their in-office status. I started missing meetings and appointments because I was so desensitized from appointment reminders that were meaningless, I’d just ignore the notification because they were rarely valid. Since then I’ve tried automatically deleting out of office invites but they don’t always follow the same format. I’m apparently alone here because I brought this up as an issue and no one else felt like it was a practice that needed to change.
- ghaff 3y agoI've heard alarm fatigue used. I think it originated in a healthcare context.
- lhamil64 3y agoI've also heard the term alarm fatigue. Pretty sure I heard it in the context of cybersecurity where security admins will get complacent if there's too many false alarms and potentially miss legitimate attacks.