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Re: Ask HN: Notification Overload

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Post by NicuCalcea »

stevage wrote: post #14
brandonmb wrote: post #9

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.

I use Android's private space for social media and banking apps. Accessible when I need them, but not running by default.

https://support.google.com/android/answer/15341885?hl=en

Re: Ask HN: Notification Overload

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Post by 0-_-0 »

stevage wrote: post #52
Zak wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Facebook has a website, and it works inside mobile browsers. When are you finding it impossible to use that way?

On FF Android, for me, https://facebook.com/messages redirects to https://m.facebook.com/messages , and just shows a message telling me to get the Messenger app. 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.

Switch browser to desktop mode, works for me

Re: Ask HN: Notification Overload

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Post by Ntrails »

> cacophony of notifications, emails, texts and phone calls

This is not true for me at least. All group chats are default muted. I rarely get phone calls and maybe a handful people text me on a given day. My email is actively curated, almost no business has perms to email me and standard outlook spam filters seem to work well enough.

I don't think any other apps have perms to make notifications. None of it is important.

> I've spent hours and hours unsubscribing, deleting, uninstalling, toggling settings, but then I find myself reinstalling, resubscribing

why do you find yourself re-connecting to the notification spam? The real root of your problem is there, not anywhere else.

Re: Ask HN: Notification Overload

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Post by Zak »

stevage wrote: post #52
Zak wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Facebook has a website, and it works inside mobile browsers. When are you finding it impossible to use that way?

On FF Android, for me, https://facebook.com/messages redirects to https://m.facebook.com/messages , and just shows a message telling me to get the Messenger app. 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.

Using it for messaging is different. I took "the mobile app" to mean the Facebook app with the timeline, groups, etc... (com.facebook.katana on Android), which also doesn't let you access messages. They really seem to want to promote their Messenger app as a distinct product.

I'm not sure messaging can work well in a mobile browser because notifications would not be timely, but maybe you're using it for a purpose that doesn't require instant notifications.

Re: Ask HN: Notification Overload

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Post by stevage »

Zak wrote: post #67
stevage wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On FF Android, for me, https://facebook.com/messages redirects to https://m.facebook.com/messages , and just shows a message telling me to get the Messenger app. 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.

Using it for messaging is different. I took "the mobile app" to mean the Facebook app with the timeline, groups, etc... (com.facebook.katana on Android), which also doesn't let you access messages. They really seem to want to promote their Messenger app as a distinct product. I'm not sure messaging can work well in a mobile browser because notifications would not be timely, but maybe you're using it for a purpose tha…

The app I use is actually "Facebook Lite" and it does include Messenger.

>maybe you're using it for a purpose that doesn't require instant notifications.

Yeah, generally if I'm messaging in Facebook, it's someone I don't know well - often kind of temporary connection through a community group, like arranging a time to exchange a second hand thing. I'm happy to manually check when needed. (That is, back when I used to use this method before I gave up and got the app.)

This comment does give a bit of insight into why Facebook tries to prevent people using mobile browsers for messaging though.

Re: Ask HN: Notification Overload

#69

Post by stevage »

0-_-0 wrote: post #64
stevage wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On FF Android, for me, https://facebook.com/messages redirects to https://m.facebook.com/messages , and just shows a message telling me to get the Messenger app. 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.

Switch browser to desktop mode, works for me

As I wrote:

> Yes, it is possible to access messages by requesting the desktop site, but it's pretty inconvenient.

Re: Ask HN: Notification Overload

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Post by throwaway_2351 »

I use reminders in Slack frequently ("remind me in 3 hours" or "remind me tomorrow / next week").

They work fine as reminders, but I am starting to hate the way notifications are implemented. I often use "remind me tomorrow" that will notify me at 9am. The problem is that I often have multiple reminders triggering its own notification popup with sound on my phone.

I don't think the Slack PMs actually use their products. Every morning is a race against time to either snooze the reminders before they trigger (which is counter-productive) or bury my phone inside my hand to limit the noise pollution if I am too late. The desktop version has its own issues, because the notifications is layered above the unmute button in my daily Teams meeting and once I manage to dismiss one of them, another pops up. I swear I could have made an entire stand-up bit about this if I had any comedic talent.

To Slack: Can you please just notify me with a single notification when multiple reminders trigger at the same time?

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