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I am currently building a personal journal app will become what I calling a "quiet social network" [0]. The idea seems similar of this calm tech, although they are talking more about hardware.

I am on the fence about notifications though. They can be very useful for the user. I am planning to add notifications, but probably all off by default, and the user decides very granularly what they want on. Does it seem the right approach? I would appreciate any opinion

[0] https://www.quidsentio.com

>>soneca+(OP)
What about a notification digest, where the user gets a list of updates every (day|week|<configured duration>)? Perhaps after explicitly requesting to receive updates about so-and-so. This allows the user to decide, "At 20:00 each night, I'll get a list of new stuff from my friends, and I'll take some time and peruse it," rather than getting blasted at odd times.

>>floren+k8
That's a good idea.

I'll give a lot of thought into the UX of this still, specially around the trade-off customization vs simplicity.

Digests are good for simplicity, and I like it. A simple opt-in setting and you are all set.

>>soneca+(OP)
there are so many problems with our norms around social networks that I don't know where to start, but two of the worst for my brain are: 1) getting interrupted when I'm thinking about something else 2) the slot-machine-like intermittent reward feeling of checking constantly. and those two together mean that my phone is constantly saying "hey! stop what you're doing and lose an hour in the distraction engine!"

>>jes519+4s
I have some ideas to change that. I have all of it on the website, but I will copy some relevant parts here:

"You will only see public entries from people that have both being included in your list and included you in their list. No stranges following you (or even knowing you have an account)."

"There will be no way to like entries, only conversations. Also, there will be no way to share content outside of the list of who posted. So no way to go viral and no instant rewards."

"All the design decisions above already point to a social network with less activity. Adding to that, you won't see any advertising on the site, so there is no incentive to keep you aimless wandering around here. Stay as long as you need to connect with your family, your close friends, and yourself. Then leave."

>>soneca+(OP)
Can't find it on the app store, is it in Canada?

>>Jonovo+lX
It is not a mobile app, just a web app.

>>soneca+DX
Ah I see. Just my two cents, but doing a MVP for a journaling app as website only seems very strange. The times I like to reflect on my day are evening and morning, both of which are usually when I am wrapping up for the night and have put away my computer.

I've been looking for something like this on mobile and would sign up in an instant if it was something I could use everyday.

Good luck with the project!

>>Jonovo+ZX
Thanks! I did take the time to give it a good mobile experience. Actually, I designed it mobile-first, just not an app. Might be worth giving it a try.

I must say it will take some time to create mobile apps for it. I want to create the right product on the web, and then make mobile apps

>>floren+k8
I wish this was an OS level feature on my phone and computer. I will often disable notifications from, for example, Slack on the weekends, and every time I do I silently wish there were a way to automatically control notifications per app based on time and day.