Thumbs Up & Friends

A while back I turned off notifications from all social media apps (including badges).

This had two effects:

1. I choose when to use these apps, rather than being sucked in by psychological manipulation. Don’t worry my will power is still low and I still check fairly often. It’s great for not distracting me while I work though.

2. It makes for a pleasant surprise when I open an app and see 5-20 notifications at a time. Especially given that many of them are just likes. It feels better than seeing on like at a time.

writing stuff about tech + decentralization over on blog.thumbsup.me

This is the way. Badges are a blight on my Home Screen and what little focus I can muster. 

For a few apps I have notis on, but not on the Lock Screen.