#you can tell me to git gud at managing it but frankly I CANNOT and do NOT WANT TO spend my time mastering these stupid constantly changing

[bandofchimeras]

notification chaos

my phone being broken made me realize how much peace & clarity of mind it gives me to not be on-call 24/7 and connected to all these apps.

BUT without being logged on, i don't see events, news updates and calls to action for so many vital activism campaigns like jail support, mutual aid, and aiding Palestinian families to evacuate Rafah...tbh it would be amazing to have a social media scanner app that could scan instagram and twitter (hell hell hell) and signal and telegram and put it all in an RSS feed or like a to-do list or calendar or at least an email or SOMETHING I wish to all hell I understood app development.

I would make something like this too for messages - a notification filter app to intercept signal, text, telegram, insta, fb messenger, whatsapp, discord direct messages into a single Command Center with priority folders like Gmail has. You could sort your messages. For me it would be: organizing/activism, personal, family, appointment reminders/housekeeping messages, community group chats. obvious & easier answer is to stop using everything but one app. however not everyone I need to connect to is on one app. our brains were not made to be 24/7 message answering machines. I am unable to manage my ADHD w social media always right there ready to deliver a huge rush of adrenaline, fear, anger, or even just little dopamine hits of notifications. these applications are designed to be addicting and my body is screaming at me to reclaim my attention. might start telling people they have to call me to catch up. texting & social media is no longer fun. it used to be fun. now it is hell. you have to two step verify everything and there are ads and politics and constant attention bombardment & I'm an ancient Linux trying to keep up with like, brushing my teeth and eating more than one meal a day. aghhhhhhh