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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by 2ion on Thursday March 25, 2021 @03:39PM (#26584480)
I have my phone in do not disturb mode 24/7. The only exceptions are "VIP" contacts from close family...everything else can wait until next morning 8am when I'm checking personal stuff first thing or until around 8pm when I have my evening distraction session.

So. If I do get an audible notification, it's almost always urgent, bad news.

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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by aerospace_guy on Thursday March 25, 2021 @04:26PM (#26584958)
> I have my phone in do not disturb mode 24/7

Me too. I've recommended it to so many people, but I think many are so addicted to that dopamine hit they find it hard to do.

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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by tomjen3 on Thursday March 25, 2021 @05:19PM (#26585520)
I have found that I am involved with too many things with too many random people for that to work, so instead I flip my phone to silent mode whenever I am doing something interesting or with people, and then if somebody notify when when I am browsing hn, that is probably fine.

I have DND on during the night and work day. Like gp, if somebody can make it sound at 4 A.M, I want to be there to take the call, but it is almost certainly bad news.

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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by thefunnyman on Monday March 29, 2021 @07:20PM (#26629553)
I do something similar but have my DND hours for my work apps set on outside work hours and at night. If someone really needs me, they can call me twice in a row to override the DND and sound my ringtone (at least on iOS).
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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by mrmuagi on Thursday March 25, 2021 @09:14PM (#26587785)
> The only exceptions are "VIP" contacts from close family.

Curious how you configured this? I'd be interested in this as well.

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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by y2bd on Thursday March 25, 2021 @09:55PM (#26588018)
If you have an iPhone, you can flag certain contacts as allowing "Emergency Bypass". This lets their calls (and text messages if you flip another switch) vibrate and/or ring your phone even if you're in do-not-disturb mode.

Can't speak for Android, but I'm sure it has a similar feature (and due to system access it allows third-party apps, maybe you can do the same for third-party chat apps as well).

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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by thefunnyman on Monday March 29, 2021 @07:22PM (#26629567)
Worth noting in iOS any contact may bypass DND by calling twice in quick succession even if the contact isn’t starred.
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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by mrunseen on Friday March 26, 2021 @10:49AM (#26592824)
In DND settings, there’s also option called “Allow Calls From” which user can choose from:

  >Everyone
  >No One
  >Favourites
  >Specific Group
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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by lurker_primo on Friday March 26, 2021 @12:08AM (#26588653)
In Android, you can have starred contacts. Only their calls will get through.
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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by jonS90 on Friday March 26, 2021 @08:38AM (#26591353)
In Android you can configure Do Not Disturb to allow notifications from specific apps. I'm very curious if iPhone can do this.
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