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Really user? Got a ticket from someone today asking that notifications from Yammer (it's a Microsoft product that is basically a corporate Facebook)

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Dec 19 '22, 07:26

not be sent at 1:30am because it lights up his phone and "there's no reason I should be seeing automated work emails lighting up my display in the middle of the night when its completely unnecessary"

I reigned in my snark and politely told him he could turn off these notifications or customize how his phone displays things to him.

seriously dude?

Responses:

I set up a filter for Yammer emails a year ago and just looked at them last week. They were almost all worthless. -- nm - Max Dec 19, 10:00
um, he could keep his phone screen-side down? -- nm - i.b! Dec 19, 07:58 1
- what is he an animal?? -- nm - Beaker Dec 19, 09:01
We have email and Teams, and our "work" is dictated by Salesforce & JIRA tickets. The added Yammer and I was like "I do NOT need another communication - JaxSean Dec 19, 07:54
I don't understand Yammer. - ty97 Dec 19, 07:29 6
- less evil? -- nm - Spawn Dec 19, 08:05
- I definitely see it. Corporation-wise, you don't want to be telling users to go to Facebook for corporate communications. -- nm - Mop Dec 19, 07:33 3
  - we have an intranet site that’s used for more formal messaging, news, resources. yammer for more informal and things open to a wider audience than - i.b! Dec 19, 08:06
  - Linked-In? -- nm - Beaker Dec 19, 07:36 1
    - That did cross my mind but it's more intranet than internet. -- nm - Mop Dec 19, 07:38
- As a user, I generally like it because it is neat to see what our other offices are doing but it's mostly because we're in construction and the jobs - oblique Dec 19, 07:32

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