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title: "Pull vs push: intentional notifications"
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date: 2023-03-16T17:20:32-04:00
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Some kind of intro here
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## Pushed-based
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Modern internet services heavily rely on push-based systems. YouTubers used to
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say "smash like and subscribe!" at the end of videos because they wanted you to
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get a _push_ notification when they publish a new video. When YouTube stopped
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There's a time and place for push notifications. Intentionally setting
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boundaries and being thoughtful with your time is important.
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## Pull-based
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## Some suggestions
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Make heavy and extensive use of Do Not Disturb rules on as many platforms as
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using alternative clients for those services that are more user-respecting in
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general.
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Religiously unsubscribe from everything that clutters up your inbox. If you
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don't actively want to see it, unsubscribe from it or write a rule that marks it
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as reads and immediately shoves it in your archive. Inboxes are for pertinent,
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important information; the latest shoe sale at your preferred big-box store is
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neither.
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Get an [RSS reader!][rssr] Please!
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[rssr]: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/News_aggregator
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[fdly]: https://feedly.com
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[ino]: https://www.inoreader.com
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If you're into self-hosting, I very highly recommend [yarr.][yarr] At the time
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of writing, I've been using yarr for 6 months and don't see myself switching any
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If you're into self-hosting, I highly recommend [yarr.][yarr] At the time of
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writing, I've been using yarr for 6 months and don't see myself switching any
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time soon. I only wish it had a maximum content width so reading was more
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pleasant on wide screens and that [the theme would switch based on your system
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theme.][yarr-theme]
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[yarr]: https://github.com/nkanaev/yarr/
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[yarr-theme]: https://github.com/nkanaev/yarr/issues/46#issuecomment-798896310
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If you do adopt RSS, I strongly recommend migrating your _important_ newsletter
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subscriptions to [_Kill the Newsletter!_][ktn] It generates an email, you
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subscribe to the newsletter with that email address, and it appends each email
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to a unique RSS feed generated just for you. At the time of writing, I receive 7
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newsletters as RSS feeds and it's a pleasant experience.
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[ktn]: https://kill-the-newsletter.com
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[^1]:
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I've seen and heard 30 minutes cited many times from sources I remember
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trusting, but I can't remember exactly which sources they were. After a
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