Notification literacy?
Doug Belshaw,
Literacies,
Oct 22, 2020
Like Doug Belshaw, I take a really hard line on notifications - I accept them for text messages and Strava, but that's it. Why? Well as Doug Belshaw says, our "'social norms' have been shot to pieces by companies employing machine learning to growth hack the human brain." In other words, he says, "they've optimised engagement with their platforms to such an extent that it bypasses human rationality." Don't let them into your head! Some things you can do: "switch to the mobile web version of social networks rather than having a native app installed." And when "prompted to allow notifications do not allow them." Also, I would add, in Android go to 'Settings > Apps & notifications', where you can turn them all off in one place. On an iPhone it's harder, but you can still turn off notifications.
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