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>Redundancy in communication is a feature, not a bug Too much junk information trains users to ignore them, which leads to hilarity ensuing if there also is va
by Dalewyn 2y ago
>Redundancy in communication is a feature, not a bug
Too much junk information trains users to ignore them, which leads to hilarity ensuing if there also is valuable information every once in a while.
Moral is don't send information to a user if it's not strictly necessary.
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_blindness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_blindness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alarm_fatigue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alarm_fatigue
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inattentional_blindness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inattentional_blindness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habituation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habituation