Were it not for the big red button™ , I probably would’ve opted in before reading what this year’s Petrov Day was about (I didn’t take part, since that would risk too much precious karma). I wonder whether it would be more fitting to make the opt-in option look maximally scary or nonthreatening.
I definitely erred explicitly in the direction of the Opt In button looking scary (Ben specifically argued against this but it felt right to me) I have heard from a few people that they didn’t even consider pressing it because “c’mon, it’s Petrov Day, you don’t go clicking big red buttons.” I’m not sure if it was the right call. In any case if we do a similar thing in the future my guess is we’ll make the opt-in less scary looking.
I was scared that by clicking on the red button I was going to launch nukes… so I did not hit it. Now I know that next year I will click.
Well, maybe.
Were it not for the big red button™ , I probably would’ve opted in before reading what this year’s Petrov Day was about (I didn’t take part, since that would risk too much precious karma). I wonder whether it would be more fitting to make the opt-in option look maximally scary or nonthreatening.
I definitely erred explicitly in the direction of the Opt In button looking scary (Ben specifically argued against this but it felt right to me) I have heard from a few people that they didn’t even consider pressing it because “c’mon, it’s Petrov Day, you don’t go clicking big red buttons.” I’m not sure if it was the right call. In any case if we do a similar thing in the future my guess is we’ll make the opt-in less scary looking.