An account with the noise switched off
Sign up without handing over your address book, and with the emails and notifications off from the start.
You will be able to sign up without handing over your address book, and with the emails and notifications off from the start.
Key points
- Make an account with the address book, the emails and the noise turned off
- Say why declining the address book costs you nothing
- Change any of those switches afterwards, in either direction
What to remember
- The switches offered while you sign up are all reversible. Saying no now is the least troublesome moment to say it.
- When people talk about being on social media, what is your honest feeling about it?
- Declining the address book costs you nothing and protects people who never signed up at all.
Try this
If you already have an account somewhere, open its Settings and find Notifications. Turn off everything except messages from people you know. It is the single change that makes the difference between a noticeboard and a shouting match.
Practice: An account with the noise switched off. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.