Re:Dear self: we need to talk about social media
by fy20 on Friday December 24, 2021 @09:20PM
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> I totaly get what you say about notifications. I also get anoyed by beeping or buzzing which robs me of my focus.
My pet peeve is people who leave Slack on the default settings to make a noise when messages are received and have the volume on their laptop turned up....
Re:Dear self: we need to talk about social media
by DangitBobby on Friday December 24, 2021 @06:07PM
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I just need to be reachable from work and for emergencies during the day, so I am set up to recieve notifications from what could be urgent: SMS, calls, emails, and calendar reminders. Everything else gets the banhammer if it bothers me.
Here is how i handle it: I just set all my devices to be silent. I set things up such that I won’t even see the notifications. Periodically as I finish something, or need to take a brake I emerge from concentration and do a scan of my queued up notifications. And just then I answer them.
I’m not a first responder. If someone is going to literally die unless they hear from me immediately they better call the emergency numbers anyway.
Friends, family, coworkers all know and respect that they will get an answer but perhaps not immediately. In return when I get around it I make sure to respond in a usefull and thoughtfull way to the best of my abilities. People seems to be fine with it, and it prevents me from drowning in a constant barrage of pings.