Yep, I expect some people will want them turned off, which is why we tried to make that pretty easy! It might also make sense to batch them into a weekly batch instead of a daily one, which I’ve done at some points to reduce the degree to which I felt like I was goodharting on them.
Most people definitely wanted daily, since that’s what their LessWrong habits were already. I also am pretty okay with daily, and think it gets rid of most of the bad “repeatedly check 10 times a day” loop that things like Facebook can get me into.
Yep, I expect some people will want them turned off, which is why we tried to make that pretty easy! It might also make sense to batch them into a weekly batch instead of a daily one, which I’ve done at some points to reduce the degree to which I felt like I was goodharting on them.
Why isn’t weekly notifications the default? Daily is likely more harmful than useful for the typical person
Most people definitely wanted daily, since that’s what their LessWrong habits were already. I also am pretty okay with daily, and think it gets rid of most of the bad “repeatedly check 10 times a day” loop that things like Facebook can get me into.
I’m of the type to get easily addicted to notifications, and daily has felt rare enough for me to not trigger any reaction.