## 5 Discussion
### Notification Management Strategies--Proactive Versus Reactive  
We discovered that users perceive experiences differently based on contexts. The first important variation was shaped by whether the users applied their own notification management systems or not. Thus, we named it either a proactive or reactive stance towards notifications. We noticed that users who actively implement or at least attempt to manage notifications seemed to have a better overall experience. Proactive management can be in the form of utilizing notification management systems, deliberately switching between ringer modes depending on their environment or context, opting out of notifications from specific apps, or even deleting certain apps entirely from their smartphones. However, from some of the diary entries, we were able to examine cases where users indicated implementing such strategies, unfortunately, they were still not entirely satisfied with their experiences. One diary entry mentioned _\"I realized that the custom profiles work poorly if, by any chance, I am out of my usual routine.\"_ (P31) which shows notification profiles are not adequate or entirely capable of meeting users' needs at all times. So, for such users falling into this category, a more personalized and adaptive approach in notification profiles could be applied to maximize their efficiency.  
On the other hand, users with a reactive stance such as not having a specific strategy towards notifications, tend to have lower-rated experiences in general. They understand the importance of having control over their notifications but have not necessarily applied management strategies yet. We are unable to pinpoint exactly why, but it could be due to several factors: they do not prioritize it, their motivation is low, they are unaware of managing notifications, some have FOMO regarding missing out on important notifications, or simply they do not care. One user expressed _\"I'm starting to realize with this quiz that I receive way too many spammy emails and I should take the time to deal with it. I have this fake email just for when I need to sign up to random websites so that all the spammy emails fall there and not on my real account and I can just ignore them instead of individually unsubscribing to each of them...So now I have a bunch of notifications for these spammy emails every day and it's very annoying but also I'm lazy to log out of the email...\"_ (P49). Another entry included _\"Today's number of notifications 3 was actually quite small. It seems to me that I usually receive about 8-9 notifications during the day, and in the case of half of them, I have thought that perhaps I should turn these notifications off because they are not directly necessary. At the same time, since I generally don't work for more than a couple of hours in a row, I haven't directly perceived that these unnecessary notifications bother me very much\"_. P(98). This illustrates a desire to make changes in how they consume or manage notifications, but such cases highly vary between participants and contexts. To summarize the varying impact that notification management strategies have, one entry stated _\"While answering this questionnaire, I realized I had not used any \"focus\" mode and did not even know how it worked. As someone dislikes notifications very much, it may be worth trying to use the function\"_. P(40). Therefore, based on the rest of the entries as well, there is a general understanding and acknowledgment of how beneficial such regulations can be for the users.