> I’d rather check my email (or other X app) once or twice a day, if that, and catch up on low priority things, rather than get interrupted 5-10 times a day for these low priority things.

Nobody's saying you're wrong. That's great.

I'm just saying there are also people who are the opposite, and their way of doing it is also valid and works great for them.

Also, stuff on HN and YouTube isn't for you personally, and it doesn't need your reply, so it's not really an analogy for personal messages.

> I'm just saying there are also people who are the opposite, and their way of doing it is also valid and works great for them.

Agreed, but if we’re here discussing ways to reduce distractions of smartphones, I think auditing our notifications and the usage of apps that send notifications, particularly of things that are more noise than signal, is worth mentioning.

> Also, stuff on HN and YouTube isn't for you personally, and it doesn't need your reply, so it's not really an analogy for personal messages.

Fair point, but I’d bet that 90% of most people’s email is also not personal messages, and just more noise.

Yes, we should unsubscribe from the noise, and I have, but I still have some things I get that I occasionally care about, just not enough to be notified.