'Constant buzzing': Some teens get thousands of phone notifications in a day, research finds
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A Common Sense Media report finds about half of 11- to 17-year-olds get at least 237 notifications a day. Some get nearly 5,000 in 24 hours. What does that do to their brains?

A Common Sense Media report finds about half of 11- to 17-year-olds get at least 237 notifications a day. Some get nearly 5,000 in 24 hours. What does that do to their brains?

    • SinningStromgald@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      1 year ago

      First thing I do when I install any app is turn off every form of notification. The only notification left on is the one for text messages and that’s only via my watch.

      • JDubbleu@programming.devEnglish
        10·
        1 year ago

        The change to Android where notifications are now a restricted permission by default has been amazing. Just about every notification I get is one I care about because only ~5% of my apps can even do so. Those that send them too frequently quickly become part of the 95%.

        • cm0002@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          IMO Android notifications have been beating iOS’s notifications system for a LONG TIME. Which is funny because I’m pretty sure iOS was first to “modern” notifications

    • AgnosticMammal@lemmy.zipEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      That’s the problem. Literally every app comes with notifications enabled by default. You need to explicitly customise the notifications in the app or via the phone’s settings.

      If we had a mode that blocked notifications by default like web browsers do, you’ll inevitably get “you must enable notifications before you can continue to use this app”!