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Boogie
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How quickly do you react to your mobile/cell phone when it dings? (as in text/message/email alert).
I usually have mine on silent, but today it wasn't and I was surprised how tempted I was to respond to every ding!
Do young people get more easily distracted by these alerts than us (meaning 50+ generation) oldies?
Is this constant stream of communication a good thing?
If not why not?
What do you filter out? Everything? Nothing? Some things?
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Lamb Chopped
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I use my phone mainly for utilitarian/emergency communication, so I don't get many dings (or rather, vibrates). If I do, I assume they're important and possibly critical. So yes, I have a really hard time not checking immediately. Though I'd hold off if we were, say, at the words of institution during worship. ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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jacobsen
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I ignore the dings when I'm teaching, but check the caller if the phone rings.It could always be self-employed work related, in which case a swift response is vital.
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lilBuddha
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Originally posted by Boogie:
How quickly do you react to your mobile/cell phone when it dings? (as in text/message/email alert).
It is situational, regarding how important is the incommoding communication in relation to what I am doing. And who.
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Do young people get more easily distracted by these alerts than us (meaning 50+ generation) oldies?
Higher percentage of younger, people, obviously. But, for the 50+, those who do engage seem to do so much more obsessively.
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Is this constant stream of communication a good thing?
If not why not?
As in most things, it is in the use. It is double-edged. My life is fairly mobile, it allows me to be so. It also allows for interruptions when I do not wish them. It is all about proper management.
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I have had it set to silent/vibrate, except there are exceptions which ring through. This a good feature, so that urgent or emergency calls can be answered. Like the ones when you need to get to the hospital.
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Og, King of Bashan
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Originally posted by leo:
even check in Church sometimes though it's on silent then
I have a good excuse in church. The nursery requests that you have your phone on vibrate so that they can contact you if they need something. Now I have been contacted exactly once in over a year of nursery care (we were blessed with a daughter who seems to have known that the nursery is no big deal from an early age), but I still check every time it buzzes.
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Ariel
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Originally posted by Lamb Chopped:
I use my phone mainly for utilitarian/emergency communication, so I don't get many dings (or rather, vibrates). If I do, I assume they're important and possibly critical.
Yes, same here.
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So yes, I have a really hard time not checking immediately.
I always check immediately for the above reasons; there may be time-sensitive decisions. If I'm going to be unavailable, or don't want to be disturbed, there's flight mode when calls go straight to voicemail.
I think it's important not to make yourself constantly available, and I always put the phone into flight mode at some point in the evening, until the next morning on the way to work. What's in between is my time and I'll deal with anything that may crop up at a more appropriate time, not bedtime or crack of dawn.
And if someone rings to notify you of a crisis, that means that someone is already aware of that crisis and dealing with it for the time being. You are not having to discover it for yourself, unaided.
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Pigwidgeon
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I have a very basic phone. It stays in my purse, turned off. The only time it is used is if I have an emergency (e.g., flat tire). No one has my number, so no one has ever called me on it. It has never gone "Ding!"
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Brenda Clough
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I'm with Pigwidgeon. I never turn on my phone. I only use it to call out.
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Graven Image
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Only my two sons have my number and one seems to check in the same time each week so I always respond to dings.
Somehow a friend got my number and she tends to send messages after dinner and can go on for a long time with message after message and I often ignore evening dings.
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balaam
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I respond to dings. But as the phone is on aeroplane mode (the correct spelling of airplane mode) when I don't want to respond, do not expect a quick reply.
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Welease Woderwick
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My phone is on most of the time but I do turn the data thingy off at night.
As for responding, it varies - if what I am reading is good I will ignore incoming messages and sometimes incoming calls until a more convenient time. I am a partial slave to the machine but not a total one - yet.
eta: if I am watching cricket EVERYTHING has to wait for the end of the over!
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Gee D
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Originally posted by jacobsen:
I ignore the dings when I'm teaching, but check the caller if the phone rings.It could always be self-employed work related, in which case a swift response is vital.
Exactly, and I think anyone self-employed would agree. OK, those ringing would know that during certain hours I am unlikely to be available to take a call, but that does not mean that they also know that answering a call in other hours may be difficult as well. A divert ability is a good programme to have.
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jedijudy
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I have to admit that I answer my cell much more frequently than my daughter and son-in-law do. Or maybe that's because it's just Mom calling? ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
Anyway, I'll look to see who's calling, and decide if I want to answer. If I'm driving, I'll answer a voice call but never a text. If I'm expecting an important text from someone while I'm driving, I will ask Siri to read it for me.
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Boogie
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
If I'm expecting an important text from someone while I'm driving, I will ask Siri to read it for me.
I didn't know this could be done!
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Originally posted by Boogie:
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
If I'm expecting an important text from someone while I'm driving, I will ask Siri to read it for me.
I didn't know this could be done!
There is a fair bit of data that perhaps it shouldn't be done. Handsfree phone usage may not be a good idea re safety. Be careful out there! cLink.
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Many drivers believe that using a hands-free device while driving is safer. Studies show that hands-free cellphones distract drivers the same as hand-held phones. It’s the conversation that distracts the driver – not the device.
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jedijudy
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I used to be hands free, but no longer! I just summon Siri from her genie bottle, which takes no attention from driving, and much less attention than an actual passenger engaging me in conversation.
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