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dopkick t1_j1pww40 wrote

Reply to comment by IrishPubstar in Amber Alert last night by The_Waxies_Dargle

Seems also like an opportunity for phone manufacturers to improve. The default option should not be a loud notification in the middle of the night. If a phone hasn’t moved in a certain amount of time and it’s between like 10pm and 6am, have it delivered silently and then have it take up a full screen when the phone is finally unlocked. There’s zero value in waking people up to look for a car but people already out and about could get notified in real time. And when people start to wake up they can be notified first thing.

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Ok-Beautiful-8403 t1_j1pycop wrote

you can set a bedtime, and not get notifications during that time

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dopkick t1_j1qj2a7 wrote

Not an ideal solution. There are certainly alerts you might want to get at 4:30am - weather related, as an example. If a very active storm is producing a ton of tornadoes and is heading my way I want to know about it. Or some sort of riot broke out. Because I will take action upon this information at 4:30 am.

But there’s other stuff that isn’t helpful at 4:30 am. I’m not hopping out of bed and looking for a car, just like EVERYONE on here. But if I got in the car at 5:00 am it would be helpful to receive a notification then, even if it’s delayed.

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codyvir t1_j1qeqtz wrote

This is the best answer here: use this as an opportunity to refine how these alerts are issued and handled - not just because you don't wake up half a million people in the middle of the night, but because by figuring out how to target the alerts to those devices owned by people in the best position to do something about it, instead of being a nuisance, the alerts are helpful and people don't just go into their settings and turn them all off.

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dopkick t1_j1qf90e wrote

100% this. You want to maximize the signal to noise ratio. Otherwise, like you said, people will just turn them off and then they’ll never get the notifications at all. People fast asleep at 4:30am are useless in a vehicle search. It’s strictly negative value to notify them.

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