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

    Abadesi
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    Myriam Shemtov
    Waoh, so many apps : my bank, over, podcast, uber...
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    Björn Antonissen
    Too much.. apps with the most notifications: Slack and Intercom
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    Abadesi
    @bjornftw oh wow if I had Intercom on my screen would blow up a lot! hehe
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    Björn Antonissen
    @abadesi Haha, we do have incoming rules in Intercom. So I receive only important notifications as founder
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    Abadesi
    WhatsApp and Slack for me. Oh and The Wing as I recently joined and don't want to miss any updates while I'm there 😊.
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    Khyati Rathod
    So many apps like WhatsApp, Instagram, Linkedin etc
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    Abadesi
    @khyati_seo do you have it on for most apps? do you find them distracting?
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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)
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    Abadesi
    @juhslk ooh digital minimalism sounds like something I'd like to get down with.
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    satendra chowdhary
    uber,ola,gmail,linkedin,quora nd many more
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    Jermaine Ernst
    Messengers, Instagram, Mail, XING, Banking Apps
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    Lanre Akinyemi
    Slack, WhatsApp & Dominoes (Can't miss those pizza deals 😻)
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    Abishekh Kc
    Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Gmail, WhatsApp and more
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    Abadesi
    @abishekhkc I turned off my Instagram ones pretty quickly because they were distracting... do you ever find it stressful/annoying?
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    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. 😄
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    Valo Polyanskiy
    SeekingAlpha, Investing
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    Alex Devero
    Push notification is the first thing I disable when I install new app.
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    Jane Sorensen
    Many are enabled by default so I don't necessarily reject them but I don't pay attention to them either. The only welcome dings are text messages, AirBnB messages/bookings, WhatsApp messages, Messenger messages, and iCal alerts that I set up. Instagram DMs and Strava also send me banner/bubble notifications, and honestly I'm a sucker for the Strava ones, but I need to turn them off (and will do so today). I do use the number bubbles for email apps, Remindres, and WhatsApp group chats - I ignore them until I want to read them.
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    Zaheer Baloch
    Slack, Mail, Twitter are on the top
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    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.
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    Tobi Ogunnaike
    Bank, Uber, Google Calendar etc
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    Brendan Ciccone
    All social media push notifications are turned off. Some others have them partially on. Only my finance apps, Slack, Messenger, Messages, Phone, Mail have them fully on.
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    Andrew Tye
    I try to keep them to a minimum! WhatsApp, Messages, personal gmail
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