Comment by unethical_ban
1 month ago
Hundreds of notifications daily is not unwillingly, nor is it healthy.
You can disable IG trash notifications, for example.
1 month ago
Hundreds of notifications daily is not unwillingly, nor is it healthy.
You can disable IG trash notifications, for example.
The power of defaults is strong.
Most people using the device will never go into the notification settings, if an app on install tells you they need notifications to tell you about your driver arriving…and then sends you marketing notifications on the same channel most people will just accept that.
My IG notifications are disabled in perpetuity precisely for that reason, even if it has come at a cost of not receiving IM arrival notifications from a couple of friends who message me exclusively via IG (another enigma – why, as both have my contact details on proper messaging platforms).
Frankly, hundreds of daily notifications is the reality we can't change, and the question is: why do people choose to succumb to the misery of it rather than availing themselves of the proper implements so readily at their disposal?
My armchair explanation is that people can’t cope with being bored. All those notifications are little bits of dopamine hits each time they arrive. It’s not even FOMO, just waiting for something that may be interesting.