If I didn’t remember discussion from previous Petrov Days here, I’d probably have skipped it, on the heuristic that big red buttons on public websites are usually advertisements, which i’d rather not deal with. I doubt there’s any visual that could, without a LOT of explanation, make it seem like an ominous thing, rather than an annoying attention-grab. With the context of what petrov day is, and what LW has done in the past, it’s neither—just an interesting view into what the admins think is worth doing and what users weirdly extrapolate from.
If I didn’t remember discussion from previous Petrov Days here, I’d probably have skipped it, on the heuristic that big red buttons on public websites are usually advertisements, which i’d rather not deal with. I doubt there’s any visual that could, without a LOT of explanation, make it seem like an ominous thing, rather than an annoying attention-grab. With the context of what petrov day is, and what LW has done in the past, it’s neither—just an interesting view into what the admins think is worth doing and what users weirdly extrapolate from.