My rule, and this comes from childhood, is 10am. My father was a shift-worker and even when he worked graveyards, he was usually up by 10am for a few hours before the afternoon nap. - Akiva

I tend to think of texting as async and not bound to time-arrival taboos. But maybe that's changing, and highly personalized now. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

I've always thought it'd be a great feature to be able to set times when your phone will accept calls and text messages and then a list of contacts that are exceptions and will go through 24/7. - Akiva

I think about anything that might cause an audible alert. Even Facebook messages. But usually I send them anyway :) - Victor Ganata

I've never worried about text noises. People can silence their phones, after all. - Andrew C (✓) from Android

I mean email will produce an audible alert for a lot of people, so yeah, I think that's on them. - Micah

(PS. Apparently my mortgage broker emails late at night; and I take notice in real-time :) - Micah

Yeah, people can silence their phones, but I still feel bad when they call me back all groggy and barely coherent. Plus, they're totally going to forget what I told them. - Victor Ganata

I'm with Andrew - I assume that if you don't want to be disturbed, you'll take responsibility for silencing your own device. Any other approach seems impractical. - Rachel Walden

I guess I'm more sympathetic to those who don't or forget to silence their phones in their sleep-deprived state, because, while, I'd rather not be disturbed while I'm asleep, I can't really shut my phone off either because I sometimes have to take the occasional 2 am urgent call. So if you're calling me/texting me while I'm asleep, it better be important! ;) - Victor Ganata

Yeah, I'm with Victor. With my kids, Rochelle, and my family, I can't ever not be able to take an emergency call. One particular friend of mine has the most horrible habit of texting me in the middle of the night, though. I've learned to roll with it. - Akiva

Jeff's on the escalation list at work so if things get bad (no matter what time of day/night), he gets called and/or texted, so his phone is always on. I've gotten used to hearing beeps in the night and can't ever tell if it's my phone or his beeping. I just ignore it and let him check. - Rochelle

I do give some thought to the recipient and how they may handle their device setings, but there are enough solutions for managaing sounds and whether certain communications get through that I think the responsibility ultimately falls on the recipient. Manage your own time and devices, or other people will do it for you. - Tinfoil 2.0

I still follow my own rule of nothing after 9 pm (unless I'm definite it's okay) or before 8 am. Honestly, I never have something so urgent to say that it can't wait until a more normal time. As for friends who work odd hours, I keep their schedules in mind and usually wait until late afternoon or early evening. But I don't expect people to follow my rules. - Running Slow

Akiva and Rochelle, that makes sense. Too bad there's not a person by person way to set this (that I know of), so only those folks get through. - Rachel Walden

Rachel, that is a feature of the new iOS 5! So... coming October 12 if you're an iPhone user. - Rochelle

Neat. I've had a iOS4 for not too long, probably won't upgrade for a while. Something to look for, though! - Rachel Walden

You won't need to change your iPhone for iOS 5. It's just a free download to update the software. :) - Rochelle

Sorry, not enough coffee yet. Didn't think that through. :) - Rachel Walden