I didn’t list in the main post or say until because I fear that I’m saying it defensively in response to criticism, but to model the design for this year requires knowing that we spent vastly less time on it, deciding to something at the last minute. (We’d been very busy with a massive conference in days before Petrov Day.
At 11am (US West Coast time) we started thinking there was something we could maybe do, and at 12pm we got started. I felt we needed to rush if we were to include European folks at all, so really was looking for something we could get done quickly. As the post mentions, we didn’t spend much time on the poll options or trying to design it well, we just wanted something out so half the people wouldn’t be completely excluded.
The second message idea wasn’t even chosen until about half an hour before I sent it. We basically sent the first message and then worked on figuring out how to build on it, and then “next year’s will be decided based on this” was an 11th hour insight. It gives it some stakes without being overwhelming stakes.
Could we have done something better with more time and effort? For sure. But I think this was better than letting Petrov Day pass without any kind of commemoration.
I didn’t list in the main post or say until because I fear that I’m saying it defensively in response to criticism, but to model the design for this year requires knowing that we spent vastly less time on it, deciding to something at the last minute. (We’d been very busy with a massive conference in days before Petrov Day.
At 11am (US West Coast time) we started thinking there was something we could maybe do, and at 12pm we got started. I felt we needed to rush if we were to include European folks at all, so really was looking for something we could get done quickly. As the post mentions, we didn’t spend much time on the poll options or trying to design it well, we just wanted something out so half the people wouldn’t be completely excluded.
The second message idea wasn’t even chosen until about half an hour before I sent it. We basically sent the first message and then worked on figuring out how to build on it, and then “next year’s will be decided based on this” was an 11th hour insight. It gives it some stakes without being overwhelming stakes.
Could we have done something better with more time and effort? For sure. But I think this was better than letting Petrov Day pass without any kind of commemoration.