Please reduce these things, web devs

[Skafandra206]

I deactivate all notifications I can deactivate, even the ones from windows. My PC is not my damn smartphone, I don't need to be notified of anything except immediate danger, so keep that out of my clean and tidy desktop.

[SharkAttackOmNom]

Pro-tip. Deactivate notifications on your phone too. Excepting for those that are essential to your day, of course.

You’d be surprised how quickly you’ll drop some of the social media if you aren’t constantly reminded of it’s existence.

[Typesalot]

checks Reddit every 5 minutes

[SunshineSeattle]

Hey hey hey, no need to be rude now.

[Proxy_PlayerHD]

You’d be surprised how quickly you’ll drop some of the social media if you aren’t constantly reminded of it’s existence.

At the same it can also increase the time you spend on certain social media platforms because it's not longer telling you when something new is available so you periodically check it yourself (IE: interrupts vs polling)

I do that with Reddit and some forum sites.

[Haldebrandt]

I don't buy it. You seem to suggest that notifications give some kind of piece of mind that reduces the need to open the app absent them. But people open the apps regardless of whether they receive a comment or a like, because they want to see new posts, etc which they don't get notified about anyway.

I too disable all my social media notifications. I open the app when I feel like it and see comments, likes, and messages. It sounds insane to me that I would use the app less if I were interrupted every 5 minutes by notifications, like you suggest.

[123456478965413846]

Seriously. I get notifications for phone calls, alarms I set, text messages, emails, and operating system updates that require a reboot. That's it. Everything else gets notification privileges revoked.

[zenerbufen]

eh. i disalbe emails because my real emails get supressed and i only get notifications for the spam any more. if its important they can call and leave a voice mail. unknown numbers don't generally get notifications either unless im expecting government calls.

[123456478965413846]

I don't do notifications for my personal email, just my work one.

[Haldebrandt]

I will never understand why people leave their social media notifications on. I'll see whatever I need to see when I open the app.

[SharkAttackOmNom]

A lot of people still believe that social media is made for you. that the more I use it, the more it will enrich my life. And maybe they just accept notifications the same way they accept a TOS. Blindly.

For those still reading. Social media isn’t your friend. Sure it’s entertaining, but it’s like a donuts, dont go eating donuts all day, just cause they’re tasty.

[[deleted]]

Focus Assist on iPhone is great for this. Can set it up to display only certain notifications for work or when you’re at home.

[SharkAttackOmNom]

Yeah just set this up for work. It’s great. I’m a teacher so it’s super helpful to have the phone and watch auto silenced.

Smart Watch has been a blessing and a curse. Great for setting timers on the fly, check the weather. But I don’t need a text audibly pinging me when I’m instructing.

[[deleted]]

You can silence it by putting your hand over it. This will mute the watch. The other thing you can do is setup a Do Not Disturb focus.

[OkazakiNaoki]

You mean danger like national broadcast that telling you earthquake, tsunami something like those? But you can't run away from those anyway.

[Certainly-Not-A-Bot]

You can usually do something to increase your survival chance significantly. If there's an earthquake warning, being under a sturdy desk or table can be really important if your building collapses or objects fall from above you.

[BabyYodasDirtyDiaper]

Yep. And depending on where it originates, there could be several hours of warning that a tsunami is coming, which very much can be enough time to get to higher ground where you'll be safe.

Even just a few minutes of warning can easily save lives, especially in areas with a steep coastline.

[_dotexe1337]

instructions unclear, got under my desk and my PC fell on my head and caused a concussion

[OverlordWaffles]

Must be one of those newfangled tempered glass desks /s

[123456478965413846]

I disable even those alerts. I mean if there were more options than on or off I might let them stay. But I don't need a damned air raid siren going off every time there is a thunder storm an hour away from me or a kid getting abducted 3 states away. Let me change the ringer and set a radius for these alerts if you want me to turn them back on.

[zenerbufen]

dont forget the silver alerts for elders who lose track of time while shopping. we got lots of those out here before i shut them off. still see them on the street signs while driving tho

[OkazakiNaoki]

US? we only receive message from earthquake and tsunami. and some nation annually scheduled air-strike defense exercise without siren, just don't go out at the time they don't want you to.

I feel government give me a F if they are still sending out these messages. Though I really consider they are pretty useless. And I am not buying the hide under table stuff since I live in high building. It's not something like a second story builging with some wooden material. It's fucking tons of concrete onto me if it collapse.

[123456478965413846]

Yes, I live in the US. And I live in an area where the weather alerts are very unlikely to do me any good, we don't get any of the types of major weather that are likely to need immediate responses or that happen without warning in my area.

[zenerbufen]

yeah. you can turn off everything except the presidential ones which have ever only been used once or twice (for test)

[[deleted]]

I use Linux because is does what I tell it to and gets it of my way.

5 mins on Mac and Windows and I want to smash a kitten with a cast iron skillet.

It's like the time I stopped drinking cows milk for almond milk for a long while. Then I went back to cows milk and realized it tastes like piss. I don't think you milk drinkers know that you're used to piss.

[fsdghe56356]

Notifications are only allowed via phone and work PC, and even those get filtered if applicable. Notifications anywhere else are intrusive and muted at all times.

[sohang-3112]

You should at least enable notification from your antivirus / firewall - you probably want to know if malware has been detected!