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  • Switch off notifications, never know the difference RollSafe.jpg

    • But then I’d never see your amazing advice! Although, would I have needed the advice in the first place?

      • You can still check back on conversations that interest you, you just don't have to deal with the rest.. 👍

        To be completely honest, on kbin blocking someone doesn't stop the notification coming through when they reply, and switching off notifications was the easiest way around that. This has probably been fixed already, and may be completely different on lemmy, but I actually prefer it this way. The only disadvantage I can think of is potentially missing replies to older conversations (and if I really must know, I can always scroll back my profile and find it, though I've not had that need yet), but I guess that's a price I'm willing to pay to avoid those anxiety inducing little fuckers that are notifications.. 😂

    • I did this on reddit for comments I knew would be a shitshow, just drop brutal fire, set to no notifications, post. Let the haters spew and I'm just kicking back on the next conversation.

      • There isn't much I miss about reddit, but that is definitely one of the things I wish we had here..

    • It makes me sad I don't always get notifications when I get a reply 😢 I want to reply and contribute!

  • I usually upvote comments I agree because sometimes I'm empty-headed, cannot think about something to comment at the time.

  • I love the whole thing to be honest. I am happy to have replies days later. Reddit posts would go "stale" so fast and even if you did comment, you were more than likely to be torn to shreds for existing. It isn't perfect here, but that is because we are people. Getting even half a voice is far better than the anxiety inducing nightmare the Internet tends to be. If I don't want to argue with someone, I just don't respond. If I or someone else end up replying days later, awesome!

    I feel a lot more comfortable chiming in once in a while here. The Internet will always be the Internet, but getting even a tiny bit of human connection is amazing. Going from letters, phones, AOL, to now is a miracle. We may be fucked as a species, but sometimes the little things are enough.

    Now, go watch Contact. That movie is my absolute favorite movie of all time. Ghost hugs for all!

    • It’s been really great here! I’m just getting started trying to be more active but this post alone has just been amazing (although it may be an outlier). This is the most activity I’ve gotten from any online thing I’ve done, so it’s pretty huge to me!

      Everyone here seems to have the right frame of mind for why we’re here and what we left and what to expect here. It’s just a matter of encouraging each other to continue to be active when we can and support each other and the platform as a whole!

      This is my delayed response, really appreciate your thoughtful reply!

      Also will add contact to my list of stuff to watch (isn’t there such a finite time to experience all the media out there??).

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