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I use do not disturb mode between 11pm and 9am. If you're in my contacts list it'll ring (silent), otherwise you're going straight to voicemail. The concept of

I use do not disturb mode between 11pm and 9am. If you're in my contacts list it'll ring (silent), otherwise you're going straight to voicemail. The concept of being woken up by phone a phone call (other than being actively on call for some reason) is crazy.

dancryer 9y ago
Do you never worry about missing a family emergency call? Like an accident or death or similar? I don't accept general calls overnight, but I'd hate to miss the call.
- tnorthcutt 9y ago
  That's what the "do not disturb" mode is for in iOS - you can let either contacts, or favorites, through IIRC.
  - lloeki 9y ago
    Precisely: < everyone | no one | favorites | selected contact group > + [ anyone that calls twice within 3 min ]
  - snuxoll 9y ago
    And it's extremely useful, I don't get random calls in the middle of the night unless it's PagerDuty, select coworkers (in case something is a big-deal before PD calls me 10 minutes after the push notification) and family.
ghaff 9y ago
It's absolutely essential. I travel a fair bit and I have been woken at 3 in the morning by work colleagues.