Notification alert hell: modern people drowning in an information flood

From the moment we open our smartphones after waking up, we are exposed to a flood of sounds and vibrations.

20 unread LINE messages, 30 emails received, 99+ SNS notifications...

From the news app, "Today's weather," from the health app, "You're 1,000 steps behind yesterday," and from the shopping app, "Time sale started!"

At this point, smartphones are less a convenient tool and more like "a loudspeaker that keeps ringing all the time."

Even when I'm focused on making coffee, notification sounds interrupt me and I spill the grounds. Even when I'm seriously participating in a remote meeting, "◯◯-san liked your post!" cuts in.

It's as if notifications are commanding, "React immediately!"

Moreover, apps spare no effort to keep users hooked. SNS sends "Here are the posts you missed," and game apps whisper "Energy will recover in 5 minutes."

This might not be just a simple notice but something close to a "psychological hostage operation."

We cannot ignore the impact that this flood of notifications has on our brains.

According to psychologists, human concentration is lost for an average of 23 minutes by a single notification.

Even if you think you can just check the email and return immediately, your thinking is interrupted during that time, and it takes time to get back to where you were. In other words, "one notification = a massive loss of concentration."

Even scarier is the "getting used to it."

At first, you react with surprise to notifications, but gradually you learn to ignore them. However, you might end up ignoring truly important notifications and "miss an email about fraudulent use of your credit card before you realize it."

Notification inflation ultimately numbs even our security awareness.

So, how can we escape this "notification alert hell"?

The simplest approach is to "turn off unnecessary notifications."

Turn off notifications from SNS and shopping apps, leaving only truly necessary messages and calls.

That said, it's human nature to feel uneasy about "turning everything off."

This is where AntiSpyPhone's permission management feature comes in handy.

You can finely adjust "whether to allow notifications or not" for each app, so you can control them according to their importance. Furthermore, there is a function to completely shut off notifications during specific times, allowing you to regain a healthy lifestyle of "sleeping without being disturbed by your smartphone at night."

Notifications were originally designed to make life more convenient.

However, nowadays it has also become a system that "sells your time by the minute."
Next time you hear a ping! before reflexively looking at your smartphone, please pause for a moment and think.

"Is this really information I need to know right now?"

That split-second decision might become a life jacket saving modern people drowning in an information flood.