I turned on every notification for a month
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I turned on every notification for a month
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#2My 6 year old tries that with every “free” game installed.... it’s a nightmare!
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#3It looks like the author wrote this to sell software. I tried scrolling down on my phone and got a full-page pop-up trying to sell me software. Not cool.
Re: I turned on every notification for a month
#4It looks like the author wrote this to sell software. I tried scrolling down on my phone and got a full-page pop-up trying to sell me software. Not cool.
Totally. Click baity title. Interested because it sounded like a horror story - was just either his own software or affiliate marketing.
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#5It looks like the author wrote this to sell software. I tried scrolling down on my phone and got a full-page pop-up trying to sell me software. Not cool.
Yes, I can’t tell if his page is an advertisement disguised as a blog, or if it’s genuinely meant to be a blog.
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#6It looks like the author wrote this to sell software. I tried scrolling down on my phone and got a full-page pop-up trying to sell me software. Not cool.
Even the point they’re trying to make isn’t well backed-up:
> Many would double up their notifications sending both a native one and an email. For example, if someone messaged me on LinkedIn, that would trigger a notification in the app, plus an email to let me know.
Obviously, you turned on all notifications! Maybe some people like an email notification, and some like an app-based one. What’s the alternative: deny some people their preference? Surely this only matters if one of the notification methods can’t be disabled?
Re: I turned on every notification for a month
#7It looks like the author wrote this to sell software. I tried scrolling down on my phone and got a full-page pop-up trying to sell me software. Not cool.
Same feeling here.
Re: I turned on every notification for a month
#8It looks like the author wrote this to sell software. I tried scrolling down on my phone and got a full-page pop-up trying to sell me software. Not cool.
Even the point they’re trying to make isn’t well backed-up: > Many would double up their notifications sending both a native one and an email. For example, if someone messaged me on LinkedIn, that would trigger a notification in the app, plus an email to let me know. Obviously, you turned on all notifications! Maybe some people like an email notification, and some like an app-based one. What’s the alternative: deny s…
Similarly, my home security system is set up in a fashion that allows either [app notification], [email notification], or [text notification] - (or any combination of the three).
I can certainly see valid use cases where a user would prefer one over the other. Not sure anyone would prefer all three to be turned on, however, which appears to be similar to what the author opted for.
Personally, I couldn't imagine getting notifications for everything.
I have my emails set up to just display a number on the icon. Some other semi-important apps similarly. But a text message is important - so that goes off. Wife could have a flat tire or need a quick answer (arguably a flat tire on the side of the road justifies a call, but who knows these days).
I guess my main thing is that if my phone goes off in my pocket, I want to make sure I'm pulling it out for, at least what could be, a justifiable reason - and not because someone replied to something that I said on Facebook earlier this morning.
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#9As this is evidently an advert for Rescue Time and I'm a real sucker for anything productivity related, has anyone tried it out? Any interesting results to report?
I didn't like the idea of a service that sent all my visited websites to some remote server so I never got round to using it. Is that info at least encrypted so only you can see it?
Re: I turned on every notification for a month
#10As this is evidently an advert for Rescue Time and I'm a real sucker for anything productivity related, has anyone tried it out? Any interesting results to report? I didn't like the idea of a service that sent all my visited websites to some remote server so I never got round to using it. Is that info at least encrypted so only you can see it?
I prefer Cold Turkey. It’s both cheaper (one-time fee to unlock all features) and doesn’t send data anywhere.