Attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen (2022)

Re:Attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen (2022) by guntars on Saturday August 26, 2023 @06:11PM (#37277366)

It sounds like her son has ADHD (and her too likely as it’s mostly genetic), just like me and millions of others. No, it’s not an epidemic. Social media and phones in general are the perfect “solution” for brains that are in a constant craving for stimulation.

I don’t want to get into the whole personal responsibility vs evil companies dichotomy, but something that has helped me tremendously is wasting time on my own terms, not because I got a notification. There are days when I don’t receive a single email because I’ve aggressively unsubscribed from almost everything. Same for the notifications on the phone - if, say, Uber sends me a notification for a coupon for 50% off at Chick-fil-a, that’s an immediate banishment and the app can no longer send any. If that degrades the app experience when I do need a car, that’s their problem for abusing my trust.

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Re:Attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen (2022) by Zetice on Saturday August 26, 2023 @06:17PM (#37277408)

From a practical perspective it’s definitely your problem if you need a car…

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Re:Attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen (2022) by guntars on Saturday August 26, 2023 @06:50PM (#37277625)

I can still get a car just fine by keeping the app open and seeing how far the driver is. The point is that some apps really do benefit from real time notifications, but it’s too tempting for PMs at those companies to not abuse it because of the metrics that they are evaluated on. Pretty sure the apps report back if the notifications are turned off so that’s my form of feedback into those same metrics.

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