[discussion] Push notifications (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Deemo@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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Hi guys, out of curiosity when you used reddit sync did you use the notifications feature?

If so did you use push notifications from the official reddit app or polled notifications (ie sync checkes every 60min, 2hrs, etc)?

Lastly hypothetically if sync for lemmy had notifications features similar to sync for reddit would you use star/continue to use instant push notifications/polling based push notifications?

Curious on your thoughts.

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[-] SuddenTrash@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

That actually sounds like a good implementation. What are technical aspects of using websockets in the background? Or is it just due to battery?

[-] Deemo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Mainly battery limitations (could prevent doze and/or cause a wake lock) and possible increase in server load for instances (your device would have to maintained a persistent connection to lemmy instance).