Just wanted to say, I have 300+ unanswered notifications and several different comrades who messaged me that I haven’t responded to. I am going through a lot acutely the past several months and it may be months more before I am out of the woods (although things are significantly better this week than the past few months).

I would never want anyone to feel like I am ignoring them or don’t like them or don’t welcome their messages so I just wanted to throw this out there. I intend to get back to everyone eventually but it may be some time 💜

I know many, many people here are also deeply struggling and just know that as cheesy as it sounds, we really are in this together, and I wish you better fortunes. Love to everybody.

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    2 years ago

    Last semester, I didn’t check my school inbox at all. By the end of the semester, there were like 80+ notifications with most of it being reminders for work, but some of it was messages from other students and the professor :').

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      I have 1,000-1,500 notifs and I’m not going through that lol

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    Kig, we all need breaks, don’t apologize for taking your own

    also I have literally checks inbox 509 notifications as of right now

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      How do people live with unread notifications? My brain won’t let me. If there’s a number next to the icon, my brain will not calm down until I have read, and responded to if necessary, every single notification. If I was in a situation where I had >500 notifications, the entire day would be spent just reading and responding to every single one. The only way I can avoid it is to never see the notifications at all.

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        I can keep in top of about ≤10. After that it’s just a blur and I block it out. Currently at 37 after getting down to 29 last week before getting distracted.

        My problem is that I like to think about my replies. So I read the notification and plan a message in my head. But then I forget to type it out. Then after a day, I think, ‘is it too late to reply now’? Days or weeks pass. Eventually I reply or hide myself in shame and hope I didn’t upset whoever I’ve ended up ignoring.

        Coupled with this, I tend to comment in bursts. So I’ll have a day or two of commenting loads. Then I’ll get busy at work, etc, and only login to read the front page and maybe leave a short comment here or there. When I do get to the notifications, I start working through a list of them… (see above).

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        same bro! I look forward to notifications and I get hyped every time I see one.