Is your phone always on “silent”?

I haven’t taken my phone off silent since I got my first iPhone in 2013.

Change mine when needed, but I do t have an Apple Watch either.

No, but my phone automatically goes to DND 8pm-7am.

My phone is on silent 99% of the time. Vibration is more than enough notification. All of my app notifications are off. I have silence unknown callers programmed. So, my phone will vibrate if I get a text or if someone who is in my contacts calls me. That’s it. I don’t get any other notifications.

It is on DND 98% of the time.

The exception is if my kids are not with me and might need to get ahold of me.

I am of the opinion that everyone’s phone should be on silent so that your apps don’t make noise. I should not have to hear your keyboard haptics, your camera click, your FB chime, your text send swish.
I feel like it’s a very “old people” thing to not have your phone on silent.

I change it when I need to. Always on silent at work. Otherwise it depends. Silent for the usual weddings, funeral, movies etc. Usually in restaurants/stores, but maybe not if very casual/loud etc.

At home it's almost never on silent. I do have it on do not disturb at night with a few exceptions for close family/people who might need to get a hold of me in an emergency.

I almost always have all texts silenced except for dh and dd. And most notifications turned off. I hate the distraction.

It’s just my observation that people who are my age or younger keep their phones on silent. People my dad’s age or older (so the generation before me or older) always have their sounds on and don’t even think about them.

I have my phone on silent - no vibrations or sounds. I only allow a couple of apps to send me notifications and they are also silent - no vibrations or sounds.

I really only turn the ringer on when DW goes grocery shopping. She’s relatively new to cooking/baking and often calls with a question.

Your eyes must be brown as you are so full of shit.

No I don’t have mine on silent because most of the time the phone isn’t directly in my pocket or otherwise on my person so a vibration won’t be any alert to me at all. I put it on DND from 10 pm until 6:30 am even though my phone is left to charge in a totally separate room from where I sleep. I also put it on silent any time where that would be appropriate such as school or church events, movie theaters, etc. I also frequently use my phone for navigation using Bluetooth and that doesn’t work if it’s on silent.

Now I will say that I detest social media posts that have automatic music, video games that have sounds, camera or typing clicks, etc. and I do have all of that always turned off.

while at work and most public spaces, i keep mine on silent, but at home i typically don't. I never have it on vibrate though. That is the most annoying sound to me.

I always keep my phone on silent. It's often in my pocket and I answer if I chose to or ignore it and check in every couple hours. On the weekend when I'm home more I usually put it up on a shelf in the kitchen and go longer periods of time without checking. When using navigation, I plug my phone in and use CarPlay since nav drains your battery so quickly.

I also feel I now need the disclaimer that I am 49. And have made the same observation about generations using the sound on their phone differently.

No because if something medical happens with ds at school they know to call the cell phone first.

It is also on for when dd goes our walking or I am out and she is home and she needs to get a hold of me.

And also on in case my parents have an emergency.

My ringer and The Ring are the only two things with sound.

Everything else is set to no sound or no alert (apps like IG for example)

Not complete silence. I keep my phone on vibrate 99% of the time.
The vibration alerts me to any incoming phone calls or texts. 
The 1% ringer on >>> is if something urgent or emergency is happening (someone is in the hospital), then I turn the ringer on at night so I can hear it when I am sleeping.
I turn my phone to completely off, for during certain situations (Funeral service, Wedding, etc...), because during moments or time periods of silence .....a vibrating phone buzz, buzz, buzz, etc... can clearly be heard and some situations call for complete phone silence. 

I have sensory issues and phone ringing bothers me.

My phone is always next to or near me so I usually hear the incoming vibration, but....I am not attached to my phone 24-7. 
My phone is for me. My phone is not for other peoples need for instant gratification or sense of urgency.
If I am actively working, busy doing something at home, driving, doing something in public (my turn at cashier, medical appt, etc...) the calls go to voicemail and texts can be left pending and waiting.
I feel that a 2-3 hour window is an acceptable time frame to return *non urgent* or *not a priority for me* calls or texts. 
At night, if I am unsure of a persons morning person or night owl status, then I don't call or text after 8:00pm. If I know for 100% certain that the call or text recipient is a night owl, then calls or texts until midnight are permissible and acceptable.

There are a couple select individuals-Family members that know, if there is an urgent or emergency situation happening, to call me is rapid succession (my phone go off vibrating five, six, ten times in two minutes from the same person....will make me at least glance at the on screen notifications). 

I put my phone on silent when I have a meeting for work, go to the library, go to church, and/or am attending a show/movie/etc. It's on DND from 11 pm - 7 am.