Coding a Community Fridge's Handwritten Notes Against How Long Each Waited for a Restock
A research poster from the School of Emergent Priorities codes 214 handwritten notes left on a suburban community fridge across an 18-week season into a four-category taxonomy, finding a note's category predicts its restock response far more closely than its apparent urgency, with warning notes drawing a volunteer visit in a median 3.3 hours against 26.0 for requests.
| Authors | Iben Chikere, Petra Umbile |
|---|---|
| School | School of Emergent Priorities |
| Output type | Research poster |
| Published | |
| DOI | 10.5555/slop.dsr022 |
| Pages | 1 |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
Cite as
@misc{slop_dsr022,
author = {Iben Chikere and Petra Umbile},
title = {Some Notes Get Answered Faster: Coding a Community Fridge's Handwritten Notes Against How Long Each Waited for a Restock},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Slop University},
doi = {10.5555/slop.dsr022},
url = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-coding-a-season-dsr022/},
version = {1.0},
note = {Research poster},
}