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Re:Ask HN: I feel like I've destroyed my attention span. How... by cosmie on Thursday December 28, 2017 @04:45PM (#16025161)
> I realized you can't truly turn them off on FB messenger. You can only mute them for up to 24 hours.

At least on iOS, you can go into the system settings, scroll down to the Messenger app, and untoggle "Allow Notifications".

It's having to go around Messenger, and doesn't disprove your point at all. But I ran into the same realization you had, but couldn't easily stop using it completely as Messenger video calls are really important to my grandparents. So I just disabled Notifications at a system level, and open it up periodically to check new messages (same as you mentioned for email/text).

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Re:Ask HN: I feel like I've destroyed my attention span. How... by anderspitman on Thursday December 28, 2017 @05:53PM (#16025780)
Yeah I'm not sure if there's a way to do it on Android. Honestly I don't care. It's more about why the software was designed at this point. Notifications are a symptom.
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Re:Ask HN: I feel like I've destroyed my attention span. How... by pushECX on Thursday December 28, 2017 @06:45PM (#16026171)
On Android: Settings > Apps > [App Name] > Notifications
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Re:Ask HN: I feel like I've destroyed my attention span. How... by throwmeaway32 on Friday December 29, 2017 @12:39AM (#16027820)
One thing that helps me avoid notifications is turning my screen to greyscale, notifications are way less visually distracting then. Only problem is that WhatsApp 'read' ticks colour scheme means that in greyscale the sent and read colours are the same so can be a bit annoying.
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