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Abadesi

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

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Zaheer Baloch
Slack, Mail, Twitter are on the top
Abadesi
@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.
Björn Antonissen
Too much.. apps with the most notifications: Slack and Intercom
Abadesi
@bjornftw oh wow if I had Intercom on my screen would blow up a lot! hehe
Björn Antonissen
@abadesi Haha, we do have incoming rules in Intercom. So I receive only important notifications as founder
Abishekh Kc
Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Gmail, WhatsApp and more
Abadesi
@abishekhkc I turned off my Instagram ones pretty quickly because they were distracting... do you ever find it stressful/annoying?
Abishekh Kc
@abadesi I have muted almost everyone. Only i follow my favourites. and push notifications turned on for them. Instagram push notifications are really annoying one. There's no need to waste our time just looking at someone's icecream pic. 😄
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
@john_bauer1 good tactic, thanks for sharing.
Khyati Rathod
So many apps like WhatsApp, Instagram, Linkedin etc
Abadesi
@khyati_seo do you have it on for most apps? do you find them distracting?
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
@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.
Andrew Tye
@abadesi I hope sometime you'll also ask if anyone allows push notifications from their browser...I'm so curious!
Abadesi
@awt good idea!
Chris Sheffield
Slack
Myriam Shemtov
Waoh, so many apps : my bank, over, podcast, uber...
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
@juhslk ooh digital minimalism sounds like something I'd like to get down with.
satendra chowdhary
uber,ola,gmail,linkedin,quora nd many more
Jermaine Ernst
Messengers, Instagram, Mail, XING, Banking Apps
Lanre Akinyemi
Slack, WhatsApp & Dominoes (Can't miss those pizza deals 😻)
Valo Polyanskiy
SeekingAlpha, Investing
Tobi Ogunnaike
Bank, Uber, Google Calendar etc
Andrew Tye
I try to keep them to a minimum! WhatsApp, Messages, personal gmail
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.
Jonathan Sun
Everything messenger related I used push notifications. I like to answer my texts and emails quickly (unless I'm in a concentrated work sprint or spending time with friends and family)
Jerwin Joshuah
WhatsApp and Instagram for the most part. I usually tend to ignore notifications from other apps.
Max
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
@maximmm that is an amazing hack, thanks for sharing