Do you use push notifications on your smartphone? Name the apps in your comments.

Abadesi
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Gonçalo Henriques
Only on slack for work and whatsapp only for a couple of groups. But I have my phone on silent all the time so I use the notification center asynchronously.
Abadesi
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@gonelf Interesting. I have my phone on DND a lot to manage this but generally try to not have any push notifications if I can help it. Especially since I'm usually in front of my computer screen anyway.
Gonçalo Henriques
@abadesi true, I usually pay more attention to push notifications when I'm not on my computer. I also avoid smartwatch due to push notifications.
Björn Antonissen
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Too much.. apps with the most notifications: Slack and Intercom
Abadesi
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@bjornftw oh wow if I had Intercom on my screen would blow up a lot! hehe
Björn Antonissen
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@abadesi Haha, we do have incoming rules in Intercom. So I receive only important notifications as founder
Zaheer Baloch
Slack, Mail, Twitter are on the top
Abadesi
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@zaheerbaloch thanks for sharing. Twitter always prompts me to turn on notifications but don't. It's usually open in one of my many browser tabs anyway.
Juho S
Digital minimalism has reformed my approach to smartphones. Feel more relaxed. I even have separate android app to block the notifications that I cannot disable on Android (ie. screenschot taken notification)
Abadesi
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@juhslk ooh digital minimalism sounds like something I'd like to get down with.
Max
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A Happy Job
I've disabled almost all push notifications. BTW, there is a Gmail hack: if you're afraid of missing emails from important people, you can create a custom label+filter and choose to only receive notifications for emails that trigger this filter. This way you won't be distracted with all the newsletters but will still get a notification when your mom emails you.
Abadesi
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@maximmm that is an amazing hack, thanks for sharing
Alex Devero
Push notification is the first thing I disable when I install new app.
Abadesi
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WhatsApp and Slack for me. Oh and The Wing as I recently joined and don't want to miss any updates while I'm there 😊.
Arnaud Joubay
All chat apps except Slack (Messages, WhatsApp, Hangout, Messenger, Intercom), a couple business apps (Stripe, Parcel, Qonto) and (shameless plug) my meatless meals tracker (No Meat Today - check my profile for beta access). Everything else is muted.
Jorge Dieguez
Slack, WhatsApp, Gmail, Trello, AP... to mention a few
Andrew Tye
Robot Recipes
Robot Recipes
I try to keep them to a minimum! WhatsApp, Messages, personal gmail
Andrew Tye
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Robot Recipes
@abadesi I hope sometime you'll also ask if anyone allows push notifications from their browser...I'm so curious!
Abadesi
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@awt good idea!
Myriam Shemtov
Waoh, so many apps : my bank, over, podcast, uber...
Jane Sorensen
Many are enabled by default so I don't necessarily reject them but I don't pay attention to them either. The only welcome dings are text messages, AirBnB messages/bookings, WhatsApp messages, Messenger messages, and iCal alerts that I set up. Instagram DMs and Strava also send me banner/bubble notifications, and honestly I'm a sucker for the Strava ones, but I need to turn them off (and will do so today). I do use the number bubbles for email apps, Remindres, and WhatsApp group chats - I ignore them until I want to read them.
Valo Polyanskiy
SeekingAlpha, Investing
Lanre Akinyemi
Slack, WhatsApp & Dominoes (Can't miss those pizza deals 😻)
Sarah Loertscher
Slack (but only during work hours) and I think that's really it. Oh and Google calendar so I can remember wtf I'm supposed to be doing at any given moment. Usually phone is on silent though.
Abadesi
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@sarahloertscher same, slack during work but always keep my phone on silent or even DND.
John Bauer
Push alert for some useful apps and some ones that I don't use. If I receive notifications from an app that I do not need, I disable notifications for it.
Abadesi
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@john_bauer1 good tactic, thanks for sharing.
Khyati Rathod
So many apps like WhatsApp, Instagram, Linkedin etc
Abadesi
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@khyati_seo do you have it on for most apps? do you find them distracting?