this tested all the way back in 2016/17 (and I'm sure more times again since then). Didn't fit with our hope of stories consumption being person-first rather than media-first. And was negative on metrics for all the reasons stated.
My cofounder @nsharp17 gets a push notification for every new user who joins Retro. He is currently getting more than 2 push notifications per second and still doesn't want me to turn them off 😂