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Disable everything. I pretty much only leave them on for one email address, text, Uber Eats and the WSJ/Bloomberg.
Uber Eats is a plague. If you leave notifications on they constantly trigger one to make you open the app and clear it.
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> Delete all social media apps, use the phone browser for it. This doesn't really work with Facebook - it tells you to get the mobile app instead.
Facebook has a website, and it works inside mobile browsers. When are you finding it impossible to use that way?
It seems to trigger based on the browser window being too small. Yes, it is possible to access messages by requesting the desktop site, but it's pretty inconvenient.
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> Delete all social media apps, use the phone browser for it. This doesn't really work with Facebook - it tells you to get the mobile app instead.
I deleted Facebook completely around ten years ago, never regretted it. Last year deleted the LinkedIn mobile app, and oddly enough LinkedIn now wants me to verify my identity using a govt id. What a coincidence.
I dislike pretty much everything else on there though, especially all the stupid videos and stuff it shows.
In the early 2010s, especially as smartphones began to appear everywhere, I noticed that, along with the desktop, we now had another perpetual Disturber of Peace. One of the worst things turned out to be Notifications, something not under your control, that derails your chain of thoughts/works/routine. Ever since, I had kept every notification disabled by default. The world is becoming increasingly low-trust; hence,…
+ The machine has "Do not Disturb" on, forever.
+ My todo is a never ending text file. Every appointments are laid out on previous day with the following format:
*- 09:00 do something*
*systemd-run --user --on-calendar="$trigger_time" --unit=$unit_name sh -c 'paplay "$1" && notify-send -u critical Appointment "$2"' _ "$SOUND" "$title"*I made this open-source set of email filters. I've used it for years. The only email notifications I get are legit ones I need to know about. https://unfuck.email
How hard / possible is it to use the rules in another mail provider?
In general email is silent for me. I only see it when I check my inbox manually.
Turn off all notifications except SMS and phone. Change email to pull, not push. Delete all social media apps, use the phone browser for it. Remove all work applications from your phone. Either you’re working or you’re not, no in between where you get pulled in against your will (I have a work phone provided by my company, so it’s easier). I did this 8 years ago and I can’t recall anything important that I have misse…
> Delete all social media apps, use the phone browser for it. This doesn't really work with Facebook - it tells you to get the mobile app instead.