(1) Some sort of polling or surveying might be useful. In the Public Goods Game, researchers rigorously check whether participants understand the game and its consequences before including them in datasets. It’s quite possible that there’s incredibly divergent understandings of Petrov Day among the user population. Some sort of surveying would be useful to understand that, as well as things like people’s sentiments towards unilateralist action, trust, etc no? It’d be self-reported data but it’d be better than nothing.
(2) I wonder how Petrov Day setup and engagement would change if the site went down for a month as a consequence.
Two thoughts —
(1) Some sort of polling or surveying might be useful. In the Public Goods Game, researchers rigorously check whether participants understand the game and its consequences before including them in datasets. It’s quite possible that there’s incredibly divergent understandings of Petrov Day among the user population. Some sort of surveying would be useful to understand that, as well as things like people’s sentiments towards unilateralist action, trust, etc no? It’d be self-reported data but it’d be better than nothing.
(2) I wonder how Petrov Day setup and engagement would change if the site went down for a month as a consequence.