[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge-discuss Digest, Vol 63, Issue 17

[Casey Callendrello]

There is a mute switch on the doorbell. It's useful after midnight.
--Casey

On 1/17/13 5:14 PM, Scotty Allen wrote:
> I wonder if one of the issues here revolves around the fact that
> there's a doorbell buzzer, and that the buzzer is annoying.  From what
> I've seen anecdotally in the space (I like in Palo Alto so I'm not
> able to come as much as I'd like), buzzing someone in is as much or
> more of "dear god, please make that horrid noise stop" as it is a real
> desire to make sure the right people are able to get into the space.
>
> I guess what I'm saying is that if it was easier to ignore the door
> buzzer, particularly when there was a good reason to ignore it, maybe
> that would decrease the impulse to buzz in anyone and everyone without
> putting at least some level of though to it.
>
> Maybe this means the doorbell needs to sound less irritating, or that
> maybe it shouldn't make a sound at all, and light up a light instead.
> The fact that someone downstairs can effectively auditorily DoS the
> entire space at will seems like a design flaw:)
>
> -Scotty
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