You'd be surprised. Look at Kickstarter for a good example. Setting 
deadlines sets you up for possibly not meeting deadlines. Perhaps the 
number of grateful people outnumber the ungrateful, but never underestimate 
how much more vocal the ungrateful community is.


On Sunday, January 13, 2013 6:55:53 PM UTC-6, raygun gothic wrote:
>
> "I do not believe that more information would make people less 
> happy."----AGREED :)
>  
>
> On Sunday, January 13, 2013 6:51:20 PM UTC-6, Randy Cox wrote:
>
>> I think an explanation of what died and a very broad estimate of how long 
>> it would be would be a great gesture.  It's a great idea.
>>
>> I do not believe that more information would make people less happy.
>>
>> On Sunday, January 13, 2013 7:41:27 PM UTC-5, BitJam wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sunday, January 13, 2013 5:29:55 PM UTC-7, oriecat wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My one request would be that they add some sort of estimate for how 
>>>> long it will be down.
>>>
>>>
>>> Such estimates are a no-win.  You often really don't know how long it 
>>> will take.   The end result is people will be more unhappy when you make 
>>> these guesses.
>>>
>>> Also, taking time to try to make such estimates removes resources from 
>>> actually getting the site back up and running.
>>>
>>

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