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Combine his messaging apps

As someone who has spent the last few years shrinking his social circle to the size of a hula hoop – the toy, not the crisp – I often wonder how people with hundreds of friends and colleagues cope with the relentless barrage of message notifications.

My reaction to hearing a WhatsApp chime or a Messenger ding ranges from ‘Ooh, who could that be?’ to ‘Oh, what now?’, but the

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