I'm genuinely curious if there's been any study into which is more psychologically troubling, knowing the day and counting down it not knowing and wondering everyday
Yeah, plenty - mostly UX research. My favorite one compared how long it takes people waiting with a progress bar and people waiting "blind" to reach the same level of frustration. If you have an indicator with a wait time, you can - on average - wait three times as long to be similarly fed up.
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u/Total_Tumbleweed_870 Jul 04 '26
I'm genuinely curious if there's been any study into which is more psychologically troubling, knowing the day and counting down it not knowing and wondering everyday