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  • #16
    Originally posted by Machinist View Post
    Light from these devices send messages to the pineal gland to halt production of melatonin. Avoid any interaction with any electronic device after 6 pm for a deeper sleep.
    I had read that. Thanks for the reminder.
    "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6

    "Theology can be an intellectual entertainment." Metropolitan Anthony Bloom

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    • #17
      I'm wondering about notifications. I find them annoying and have them turned off except for email. I would think a barrage of notifications coming in all the time would be at least distracting. I think they got started to use people's fear of missing out. What do you do when a site asks to provide notifications?
      "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6

      "Theology can be an intellectual entertainment." Metropolitan Anthony Bloom

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post
        I'm wondering about notifications. I find them annoying and have them turned off except for email. I would think a barrage of notifications coming in all the time would be at least distracting. I think they got started to use people's fear of missing out. What do you do when a site asks to provide notifications?
        Block them unless there's a really good reason not to.
        "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post
          I'm wondering about notifications. I find them annoying and have them turned off except for email. I would think a barrage of notifications coming in all the time would be at least distracting. I think they got started to use people's fear of missing out. What do you do when a site asks to provide notifications?
          On websites I always block them That is just another way for them to push advertising to you. On phone apps, I generally have them turned off except on a few of them like my email app or the weather app. And if I do enable them and then they start sending out "hey you might have missed this special item" like amazon started doing, I turn off the notifications.

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          • #20
            I signed up for the GoPuff app to get some ice cream delivered once when my wife wasn't feeling good. I then started getting occasional "you are feeling very hungry" push notifications.

            Even something like a weather app, I wouldn't want push notifications for. If there's actually something like a tornado warning, any phone will automatically pass along the warning from the National Weather Service. (Living near the confluence of three counties, I tend to accidentally get unneeded ones from one of the others, but it's better to err on the side of caution.)

            I have a couple apps for group chats and I have those set up to notify if someone directly mentions me there, which rarely happens.
            "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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            • #21
              Saw this article over at BBC News about people quitting social media for various reasons. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63482162

              The article also says use of social media is showing a decline. I wonder if we've past peak social media usage.
              "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6

              "Theology can be an intellectual entertainment." Metropolitan Anthony Bloom

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post
                Saw this article over at BBC News about people quitting social media for various reasons. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63482162

                The article also says use of social media is showing a decline. I wonder if we've past peak social media usage.
                Except for Tweb, right?

                Right?

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
                  I signed up for the GoPuff app to get some ice cream delivered once when my wife wasn't feeling good. I then started getting occasional "you are feeling very hungry" push notifications.

                  Even something like a weather app, I wouldn't want push notifications for. If there's actually something like a tornado warning, any phone will automatically pass along the warning from the National Weather Service. (Living near the confluence of three counties, I tend to accidentally get unneeded ones from one of the others, but it's better to err on the side of caution.)

                  I have a couple apps for group chats and I have those set up to notify if someone directly mentions me there, which rarely happens.
                  That's why everyone turned off their weather radios they got a few decades ago. Getting woken up at 3AM for a watch some 75 miles away got old real quick.

                  I'm always still in trouble again

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Sparko View Post

                    Except for Tweb, right?

                    Right?
                    Of course, Tweb forever!

                    I don't view Tweb as social media since we don't have a large corporation trying to make money off us. Also, frankly, as annoying as some debates can get, they still probably aren't as bad as on say Twitter.
                    "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6

                    "Theology can be an intellectual entertainment." Metropolitan Anthony Bloom

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post

                      Of course, Tweb forever!

                      I don't view Tweb as social media since we don't have a large corporation trying to make money off us.
                      That you know of...


                      Also, frankly, as annoying as some debates can get, they still probably aren't as bad as on say Twitter.
                      I have a hard time even reading "debates" on twitter or facebook. The format is terrible for trying to follow any discussion. It's more like here are a ton of comments and insults, than any sort of discussion.


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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                        That's why everyone turned off their weather radios they got a few decades ago. Getting woken up at 3AM for a watch some 75 miles away got old real quick.
                        I feel like a terrible person saying this, but do I really need Amber Alert notifications for halfway across the state?
                        "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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