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[–] [email protected] 142 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I've not read the article yet, but I'm going to assume it's affecting my sleep because I'm reading about how it's affecting my sleep at 04:21 instead of, you know, going to sleep. Just a guess

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's that, plus "notifications can disrupt your sleep."

“A much greater issue [than the blue light] is likely to be the content viewed,” says Peirson. “Reading work emails relating to impending deadlines is clearly going to cause anxiety, and anxiety is strongly related to insomnia.”

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hey ADHD out of sight out of mind does have some up sides I guess

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

No phones in the bedroom club!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Next section will be the perfect one to end on bro, bro I promise, just a little more bro

[–] [email protected] 112 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Some even allow notifications and messages to disrupt their sleep.

WTF is wrong with people!?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Someone with, for instance, older kids who could get themselves into a situation (and only communicate by text) and a parent in a different time zone who's got Alzheimer's and is being cared for by a stressed-out sibling who needs support and agreement from the rest of us by group email.

[–] slumberlust 38 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Isn't it possible to allow-list certain numbers?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Yes. Android for example has an option to allow starred contacts or certain conversation notifications to always ignore do not disturb, as well as letting any calls through if the same number calls twice during 15 minutes.

[–] Veddit 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'd love to use that feature, but it just seems so ineffective on my android. Things I whitelist fail to show, and things I blacklist pop up.

[–] littlewonder 1 points 5 months ago

The BuzzKill app is amazing for this, imo.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

I have had multiple people in my life tell me that it is irresponsible to not have my phone on, 24/7, in case they need to message me about something.

These are the same people who get angry anytime I message them and they are busy, but also get angry if I am busy and don't immediately reply to them.

I've been woken up so many times at 2 am...

At least in my life, its quite common for people to be hypocritical douchebags.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Most phones these days allow you to set a DND schedule which you can customize to allow specific numbers for emergencies and people that don't abuse it.

[–] flicker 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Mine has a setting where if a number calls you once, it blocks. If it calls you a second time, it goes through. And it works! I use it all the time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Well yeah, but the problem is typically the people who you don't want you calling you in the middle of night are also the ones willing to call you a few times till you pick up.

[–] Fredselfish 10 points 5 months ago

Do Not Disturb, since I started using that feature I sleep much better. I even have set to automatically go into that state when I go to bed.

Also began using it for other things as well. Like watching tv and when I am driving.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

This is work people or life people?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I set my phone to automatically go into Do Not Disturb mode at night, but still ring if my parents call me. If they call at night, it must be urgent.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

That seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to do, very different from allowing "notifications and messages to disrupt their sleep".

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It's called working in IT. Gotta make sure those servers are up.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago

Bruh I work in IT (maintaining servers too) and my day ends at 5. You need a union. If you're on call literally all the time you should be getting paid overtime.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago

if this is the case, it should be in your contract, you should get paid for on-call duty and get a free SIM and/or phone for those notifications, so you can mute or shutdown notifications from your private SIM/phone

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I don't know about you but I will not be taking after hours calls for work without being compensated for being available

[–] MentorKitten 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

I sometimes forget to turn on do not disturb so this has definitely happened to me before ¯\(ツ)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Set a wake up alarm and your phone will automatically enter do not disturb mode for the 8 hours before your alarm

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

some people are teens and are in summer break (or have a worthwhile job that let's you clock in online and whenever you wake up).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I'm pretty sure that forgetting and allowing are two very different things.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Sleep by Android and I'm sure some other apps turn it on for you when you plug it in at night, then turn it off when your alarm goes.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

...because of anxiety from doomscrolling and notifications

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

lemmy solves half of that

[–] db2 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Lovely paywall. Super interesting.